Author: Jillian Benfield

I’m laughing in this picture but minutes later I was crying. The interviewer asked me how this place made me feel and I lost it.

The paradigm needs shifting.  I’m spent tonight. I’m in bed but unable to go to bed because my mind is wired and my body is

Special needs parenting is more.  I write about parenting a child with a disability; outside opinions come with the territory. I get the comment, “this

Sometimes life is in the interruptions. I wake up two hours before children so I can get some time alone with God and time to

Two years ago, I went to the hospital to start an emergency induction with my one son, while my other son was set to have

It’s incredibly hard and incredibly sweet. Today I took my two boys to a doctor appointment. I was armed with snacks and Elmo. But it