Episode 13: Carissa | Next Chapter

Meet Leah: She is articulate, creative, passionate and relatable to so many of us.  Today we share a candid, engaging  conversation between three moms. Leah has faced the ups and downs as a mom of three and she openly talks about it with us today.  Leah’s daughter, Jordan, has a rare chromosomal disorder called Cri…

Meet Olivia and her beautiful family. Her youngest son, Archer, was born with a slew of medical complications and was later diagnosed with not one, but two rare diseases: Kabuki Syndrome and RYR1. This family has had to make some logistical decisions, including career and geographic moves, to make sure their entire family is balancing…

Sarah is a mom of four boys, two of which have Duschenne Muscular Dystrophy.  Sarah shares what it was like receiving the diagnosis for Caleb… and the shock of receiving it again for her youngest, Dunky.   Topics we talked about that you do not want to miss: The disease that affects this family is Duschenne…

Often, as an entry into special needs parenthood, moms and dads are given a poem by Emily Perl Kingsley titled “Welcome to Holland.” This poem explains to the reader how it feels to arrive in Holland when you were planning a dream vacation to Italy.  Suz and Diane chat about this poem and how it makes each of them feel throughout an often isolating, surprising form of parenthood. 

We are so happy to have Angela on the show, talking about her life as an Autism mom to two beautiful children.  Not only were we delighted to talk to her, but we are so incredibly proud of Angela for opening up with us.   Two years ago, she was still hiding the fact that…

September is NICU Awareness Month so this month we wanted to showcase a journey that involved the NICU.  Today Georgette talks about her son’s grand entrance, their NICU experience and how her faith carried her through it.  She opens up about when she was vulnerable and begged her community to pray for her son.   Convos…