No one ever claims that raising children will be easy. Women go through some of the most challenging pain in childbirth.

Moments after birth, the mother changes all focus to the life on her chest. People often say that women are so focused on their babies after childbirth that they are rarely overcome with pain when the afterbirth is born.

The pain is no longer the focus. Why? I suspect that they’ve figured out the same thing I did.

The pain was worth it. The reward outweighed the cost.

The focus shifts to the reward, the gift of life, and the promise of what will come. With each child, we had so much excitement.

It seemed that nothing could go wrong, and hope for the future was neverending. We were excited about what God had planned for each little one.

The years ahead were only thought of with hope and excitement. The possibilities of problems ahead were not on anyone’s mind—not then, not at that moment.

Everything was just right, just as it should be. Just a few short years after our son Noah was born we found ourselves asking questions, even while we were still in denial.

Then, the diagnoses came. Life as we thought it would be, was not, and we were embarking on a new journey.

Our son, Noah was given a laundry list of diagnoses. Special needs, disabilities, and differently-abled were terms that would become familiar to us.

Although we accepted those diagnoses, we knew that God was the one who ultimately defined Noah. And God says, Noah is indispensable!Join us on our journey with Noah, disabilities, and the purpose that God has set out before us.

We're not alone in this journey and neither are you. .