The Unplanned Journey: Parenting a Child with Disabilities & Tips Every Parent Should Know with Diane Dokko Kim

Overcome to Become

English - October 05, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB
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What do you do when your parenting hopes and dreams get interrupted by news you did not expect? My guest today, Diane Dokko Kim is joining us today to talk about her journey of being a parent of children with disabilities. She speaks very candidly about:

Her season of depression and wrestling with God after she learned of her son's diagnosisHow God answered her prayer to heal her son in a way she did not expectHow to build community and accept helpHow to help someone who has a child with disabilities How God grew purpose out of her pain4 helpful tips all parents should know

Please share this very important message of hope and healing with a mom you know. Let her know she is not alone.

About Diane Dokko Kim:
Diane is a disability ministry consultant, national speaker, and author of Unbroken Faith: Spiritual Recovery for the Special-Needs Parent. Her passions include encouraging struggling families and equipping churches into becoming inclusive faith communities. Her work has been featured in Christianity Today, LifeWay, Bible Gateway, Parenting Magazine, and Jen Hatmaker’s For The Love Podcast.

Not everyone lives with a disability. But everyone gets impacted by the jagged edges of a broken planet. Diagnosis, disillusionment, death—or the death of a dream-- may steal, kill, and destroy. But Jesus is an equal opportunity Redeemer.

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Mentioned in this episode:
Kelly Clarkson Stronger- https://youtu.be/Xn676-fLq7I
The Help Wishlist: https://www.dianedokkokim.com/2018/03/23/let-me-know-how-i-can-help-this-will-because-they-wont/
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