Welcome!

After feeling for sometime like I should start a blog, I have!  I have no idea if anyone will read it or if it will help anyone, but even if it's just for me to kind of jounal my way through this journey God has me on, that will be good! 

I guess to understand me and where I'm coming from you need to know that about nine years ago my daughter (who is now almost 12) was diagnosed with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (a very rare syndrome that is categorized as an Autism Spectrum Disorder).  My youngest son who is 3 was also diagnosed with Autism in February 2012.  Well, needless to say the years of the challenges of dealing with the situation have left a mark.  At first a pretty ugly one, but as time has gone by God has truly made "beauty from ashes" as He has taught me a whole new way of thinking, believing, and approaching life.  I would've never chose this life ... who would! ... but I know God has chosen me.  Out of all this pain has come my passion, my misery has turned into a ministry and that is to encourage others who have, by no fault of their own, been handed a lemon. 

Everyone gets handed different lemons in life.  You may not have a special needs child, but I bet you have something else you are struggling with and asking God WHY!?  We all do.  The trial itself is not universal but trials, in general, are ... especially in terms of how we are to handle them and what God may want to do in us and through us.  So, if life has handed you a lemon and you are determined for it not to make you bitter but better, then I encourage you to stay connected as we walk out our unique experiences together using God's word to add water and sugar and turn that lemon into lemonade.