Blog Post #7: “Holding” to Help Our Special Needs Son

Today I’m going to talk about how I used “Holding” with our special needs son, when he was 4 – 7 years old.   BACKGROUND:  I explained some of his background before in my blog post “A Young Child with a 2 “Word” Vocabulary”.   He grew up in  a Romanian orphanage until we broughtContinue reading “Blog Post #7: “Holding” to Help Our Special Needs Son”

Blog Post #4: A Young Child with a 2 “Word” Vocabulary

Here is the story of how our youngest son came into our lives with a vocabulary of 2 words.   Our youngest son spent the first 3 years and 11 months of his life in an orphanage in Bucharest, Romania. He was the only deaf baby among 500 children in the orphanage. The care-givers gaveContinue reading “Blog Post #4: A Young Child with a 2 “Word” Vocabulary”

Blog Post #3: Is It Ever Okay To Be Scammed?

I believe those who scam vulnerable people are disgusting.  HOWEVER … consider this story about our special needs adult son. THE BACKGROUND: Our son has craved a sweetheart for the past 5 or 6 years. It was one of his main goals. He had not been able to find one during all that time, butContinue reading “Blog Post #3: Is It Ever Okay To Be Scammed?”