Writing
My writing has appeared in …
MomSense Magazine, EFCA Today, Four Cornered Universe, The Tri-City Record, Chicago Parent, Story Bleed, and Chicago Special Parent. I’ve also written for Gifted for Leadership, Charlottesville Family, Literary Mama, Thriving Family, Connections Magazine, and Today’s Christian Woman.
Examples include …
- Mental Illness and the Church, one of the top ten posts at Gifted for Leadership in 2014
- 5 things to do after you receive a special needs diagnosis, Chicago Parent, March 2014
- 5 tips to help children with special needs feel comfortable at your holiday party, Chicago Parent, December 2014
- 10 things special needs parents wish you knew, Chicago Parent, September 2014
- 7 ways to help your child with special needs start the school year on a positive note, Chicago Parent, August 2014
- Chicago mom advises parents of children with special needs to trust their instincts, Chicago Parent, July 2014
- Communion, Literary Mama, October 2013
- How to talk you your kids about special needs, Chicago Parent, August 2013
- Chicago moms find happiness in raising their child with special needs, The Good Things, Chicago Special Parent, Summer 2013
- Special Needs Summer Fun, MomSense Magazine, August 2013
- In This Moment, Thriving Family Magazine, Jan/Feb 2013
- Double-Fisted Communion, Today’s Christian Woman Magazine, November 2012
- Could I love my neighbor who didn’t love me?, Gifted for Leadership, August 2012
- How to cope with recurring grief, CHICAGO SPECIAL PARENT, July 2012
- Special Siblings, Charlottesville Family, July 2012
- Her Mother, Story Bleed Magazine, May 2012
- The Wrong Diagnosis, We Are Grafted In, May 2012
- Siblings in a special needs family, CHICAGO PARENT, May 2012
- Darkness and Light, Different Dream Parenting, April 2012
- After-school pick-up, a mother’s reminder of a need for brokenness, SNAPPIN’ MINISTRIES, March 2012
- On Being ‘Liked’, Dancing With The One You Love, February 2012
- When the Pastor’s Family has a Child with Special Needs, The Inclusive Church, December 2011
- Balancing Expectations, EFCA Today, July 2011
- Tummy Time, MomSense Magazine, Winter 2010
- Malcolm, The Four Cornered Universe, 2010
- 10 tips for a profitable IEP meeting, Examiner.com, November 2010
Awards
The Ethel Herr Most Promising New Writer Award, sponsored by Kathy Ide’s Christian Editor Network at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference in Mount Hermon, California.
An early draft of Sun Shine Down received a “CERTIFICATE OF MERIT” in the Deep River Books Writer’s Contest and was narrowed to a highly selected group of ten finalists out of over 400 entries.
Online blogging
I’ve also guest blogged for Not Alone Parenting, Different Dream Parenting, Dancing With The One You Love, SNAPPIN’ MINISTRIES, WordServe Water Cooler, We are Grafted In, and The Inclusive Church.