Do You Need Music for Your Soul?
Sometimes parents long for a boost to keep them focused and positive about the challenges that accompany caring for a child with special needs.
Meet Steve Siler
Steve Siler is the parent of a son with special needs and a musician with the heart to help people as they navigate their way through difficult times. He created his ministry to encourage people engaged in a variety of life struggles including suicide and grief, eating disorders, and breast cancer to name a few.
Music for the Soul
To appreciate the breadth of his compassion, you need to visit his recently redesigned website www.musicforthesoul.org. One of the products available is Whole in the Sight of God, a CD for parents of kids with special needs. It includes orginal songs, an interview with Joni Eareckson-Tada and one of her friends, and readings by parents and kids. You can learn more about it at the Loving Special Needs Children link.
If you need a boost, or know a parent who does, Whole in the Sight of God might be just what you’re looking for.
Enjoy,
Jolene Philo
jolene, as i was riding home today with my daughter in the van from the depression center at u of m, (because earlier i had come out of the middle of the session with her counselor and called my husband crying to him and saying “i think she may try and hurt herself. the counselor asked me if we have guns in the house. she is so tired of being sick and tired. i don’t know how to help her” and my husband and i prayed together in the bathroom) i thought i would leave you a message. i can’t be the only mother with a chronicly ill child that was normal till 14 and now at 17 feels hopeless…i know that God is there for us, and I know he holds my precious child in his hands…but what if that just doesn’t seem enough? what if she doesn’t understand or is so mad that “God allowed the docs to make a mistake and how can he love me?” ? i can’t be the only mom who doesn’t know what to do, as people flock when it’s your child with cancer, and devasting complications, but depression isn’t fun to be around. she is hurting and it hurts to be around her. when she needs the most support, it seems to be to much to be around for the friends she used to have when normal and now they just don’t know what to make of this angry vented and wheelchair dependent child/friend. thanks for listening, and after reading your blogs and your updates, thanks ahead of time for the prayer.
Hi Lynette,
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I’ve been out of town. I have several questions for you, but will contact you via your email address instead of through the blog. Hang in there!
Jolene