Don’t Wait to Celebrate: Disability and Delight
TAKE THE NEXT STEP PODCAST "How could there be a good future in the midst of so much loss?" If you’ve felt overwhelmed by the challenges of disability—or if you…
I Never Thought I’d Do This
I have never really seen myself operating in the self-help space. When I write and speak, when I interview guests for Reimagining the Good Life, I like inviting people into the…
The Questions Reshaping How I Parent Teenagers
Parenting Feels Complicated In part because of working on Take the Next Step, and in part because of where we are in our family life, recently I’ve been thinking a…
I’m Glad I Made This Choice This Summer
A few months back, I was looking ahead at August and realized I didn’t have many plans. Two thoughts came to mind. I could set a goal of finishing the…
photo by Bryan Johnson
Where Joy and Discomfort Meet
I know many of you are already back to school, or close to it. Here in Connecticut, we still have a few weeks of summertime. Our kids are playing Monopoly…
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You Don’t Have to Climb Toward Hope
“What if hope’s not a rope you hold on to? What if it’s the arms that have always held you?” My new favorite song is Ellie Holcomb’s “Hope’s Gonna’ Find…
by Cloe Poisson
Choosing not to worry about your children (and how to turn worry into prayer)
“Big kids, big problems.” I’ve heard the phrase for years, and I’ve been a little dismissive of it. I love having teenagers. I love the conversations we have about current…
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Our daughter has Down syndrome. Can she live a full life?
Here's what I know... Penny has different capacities when it comes to learning, but she has no limits on her capacity to love, or to live a full life. Our…
Assumptions Without Curiosity
We just returned from two weeks in Italy as a family. It held all the things we had hoped for. We peeked into churches with some of my favorite Caravaggio…
Kids, Disability, and Relationships
Here’s what I wish parents of typically developing kids knew about disability and relationships: Disability isn’t a completely different experience. It’s often a magnified version of the human experience we all…
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