How's Your Village?

WELCOME TO SPARKLING HOPE! Today marks a new beginning for Sparkling Hope! We've all heard the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child!" It's especially true in our special needs community. I recently invited more people into my circle of support to help create a new Sparkling Hope design.

The Sparkling Hope website's HOME page starts with soft and colorful designs that outline our various services. You'll see a pretty SHOP page for ordering my books, and on the BLOG page, you'll find over 100 very useful blogs, organized by categories. The RESOURCE page now has an easier way to direct you to exactly what resource you are looking for with categories.

I am extremely thankful for the amazing designs created by Stephanie at Executive Elevation, LLC (1), and for beautifying Sparkling Hope. I'm also very grateful for the original new formatting of Sparkling Hope, with the creations of the talented, Jay Pierce at DLL Studios. (2)

As you read my newly published 2nd Edition of "THE SONG OF MY HOPE, How to Travel from Despair to Hope While Raising Your Special Needs Kids," you'll notice it's brimming with benefits for your marriage and parenting journeys. I also added two big surprises at the end of my story that will delight and inspire you! To help deepen your spiritual walk with God and strengthen your friendships, I created "MY HOPE JOURNAL, Companion to The Song of My Hope for Connection Groups."

When I began my journey as a Special Needs Family Advocate, I walked into a world of many unknowns. I'm still learning, but I'm overjoyed that I can continue on with my favorite activity: writing! On July 15, 2017, the very first blog, "From My Heart to Yours" was published (on our 33rd wedding anniversary!). To date, this was my most popular blog, so I encourage you to read it under the Category, "What's New." My blogs will be easier to find now. Simply click on one of the Blog Categories, and all the blogs on that subject will pop up. You'll love that they only take 2 to 4 minutes to read.

I envision your journey to include a harvest of support, starting right here.

Now for one more surprise...I created NEWSY NOTES (monthly emails) as a way to share new innovations, educational tools and more fresh ideas to help make your journey easier! If you subscribe to NEWSY NOTES, you'll receive a FREE GIFT that I created just for you, titled, "Easy Tips for Calming You and Your Child." Included in your free download is a template to create your own "Behavior Hierarchy" for your child, which is a gold nugget for sure! I also share cross-brain activities that will help calm your child. Naturally, I have a page of calming tips just for you parents and caregivers!

I pray that your journey of parenting or caring for someone with special needs is made just a little easier with the help from Sparkling Hope. I'm sending lots of love, hope and joy your way!

(1) Executive Elevation, LLC. www.executive-elevation.com. Contact Stephanie.

(2) DLL Studios. www.dllstudios.com/contact. Contact Jay Pierce.

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