tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post2760945920819533022..comments2023-08-26T09:37:19.120-07:00Comments on Glynnis Whitwer: A Different Dream for My ChildGlynnis Whitwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124651192354710304noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-44208200643719382452009-11-24T00:13:33.040-07:002009-11-24T00:13:33.040-07:00Praying for Catherine, that the Lord will guide he...Praying for Catherine, that the Lord will guide her to His plan and for wisdom and strength for you and your family as you begin to understand the challenges you will face, and blessings for trusting the Lord with your daughter. How special and loving you and your family must be for the Lord to trust you with His daughter who needs a little bit extra. God bless.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324473387141426464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-85398405354066112692009-11-23T19:40:56.221-07:002009-11-23T19:40:56.221-07:00Thank you for being so vulneralbe and allowing us ...Thank you for being so vulneralbe and allowing us to hear your hurting heart. As a result, you know have many, many readers praying for you, your family, and sweet Cathrine as the timing of your P31 devotional was no accident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-65462576518252510222009-11-23T18:48:55.582-07:002009-11-23T18:48:55.582-07:00Glynis,
I read your blog today after the Proverbs...Glynis, <br />I read your blog today after the Proverbs 31 devotional... and kept reading.<br />I'm so touched by what you wrote. I'm praying that God does plant a new dream in your heart for Cathrine.<br />May your family be blessed abundantly!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225921812107121323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-44527882757044471852009-11-23T13:06:55.558-07:002009-11-23T13:06:55.558-07:00Glynnis,
I'm praying for you and your daughte...Glynnis,<br /><br />I'm praying for you and your daughter as God reveals his different dream for her life. You can be sure that, though it isn't what you expected for her, it will still be very good because we serve a good and gracious God.Jolene Philohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515210130084921762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-17783222715759171082009-11-23T11:59:49.065-07:002009-11-23T11:59:49.065-07:00Upon reading your post, my first thought was how g...Upon reading your post, my first thought was how great God is to have placed this child in a family and setting in which she will have opportunities for growth into her self as she was created to be. I too parent a special needs child. It's always something. Currently we are learning to take smaller steps toward goals, and to support him as he learns to let go of goals he deeply desires, but are not within his reach. There is a lot to learn and as another poster said, a richer life than you could have planned for yourself. Many blessings to you and all of your children!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823019683283710590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-69506432094836659002009-11-23T09:48:12.068-07:002009-11-23T09:48:12.068-07:00Mourn the loss of your expectations and then see t...Mourn the loss of your expectations and then see the beauty God will reveal over the years! It is not a beuty most get or are able to see. You will have a richer life having a special needs child. Is it harder? Yep! But real value comes from hard not easy! You will see! Here is a wonderful description and a video I made of my son, Charlie. He is non verbal but He signs and gestures and is a total love!Has a million friends! <br /><br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLc5sRVttb8<br /><br />WELCOME TO HOLLAND<br />by Emily Pearl Kingsley*<br /><br />I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this…<br /><br /><br /> When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip – to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum, the Michelangelo David, the gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting.<br /><br /> After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland.”<br /><br /> “Holland?!?” you say. “What do you mean Holland? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.”<br /><br /> But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go out and buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.Charles Schoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901156986374826397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-72123763857183386592009-11-23T04:56:52.943-07:002009-11-23T04:56:52.943-07:00I would love to hear more about your journey with ...I would love to hear more about your journey with your precious daughter. I have a brother who is slightly mentally retarded, and though I'm a mother myself of one daughter, I'm also in the role (along with my siblings) of caring for my brother. How well I know the pain of having a family member who is not "like everyone else." But to hear that God has a plan for him soothes my soul. Thanks for sharing. I pray for comfort for you and for clarity of vision as you move forward in love with your daughter.awcamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665367502710746905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-49335833355232996822009-11-23T04:54:59.151-07:002009-11-23T04:54:59.151-07:00Thank you for sharing this personal story. My own...Thank you for sharing this personal story. My own daughter will be having some testing done tomorrow and I have let myself become so fearful. I needed to hear that God knows the outcome already and that he hand picked me and my husband to be her parents no matter what the outcome! May God bless you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-92069868370355987812009-11-22T20:08:02.953-07:002009-11-22T20:08:02.953-07:00A part of me wants to say I am sorry, because I am...A part of me wants to say I am sorry, because I am.. But the other part of me is so thankful, as I know you are, that our Lord has the perfect plan and purpose for your beautiful Catherine.. He knew from the time she was placed in her birth mothers womb, and even before, what His plan was.. And His plans are always perfect!! You are the lucky one, who gets to revel in her every milestone, and to see his plans for her come into fruition. Your family are in my prayers, I am thankful for your blog! May God continue to bless you and your beautiful family!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378121614850709360.post-28122538445942118862009-11-21T22:42:46.870-07:002009-11-21T22:42:46.870-07:00May God keep you in peace, clear your mind so you ...May God keep you in peace, clear your mind so you can see the future through His eyes; you will be in my prayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com