by Abby Christianson | Feb 5, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
This article was previously published in Abby’s blog on Patheos.com. I have a friend who has cancer. It’s pretty advanced. He’s suffering a lot. He already has 4 kinds of cancer, and last week they found a cancerous brain tumor. Cancer number five. ...
by Abby Christianson | Jan 29, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
When my son was baptized, he was so excited. His little friend, also on the Autism Spectrum, watched with bright eyes as he saw his friend braving the water. For both these boys getting water on their faces was a huge deal. Both of them dreaded getting wet. But for a...
by Abby Christianson | Oct 31, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
Church can be stressful for everyone. But when you have a special needs child, the stress levels go up. One of the most beautiful things I’ve learned recently, as a special needs mom, is the power of letting your child be himself. My son has High Functioning Autism. ...
by Abby Christianson | Oct 23, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
This article was previously published on Patheos.com Several years ago a woman I never got along with was asked to lead the women’s organization (Relief Society) in my church congregation (Ward). She was a former high school teacher who had ‘school marm’ written all...
by Abby Christianson | Oct 2, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
My grandmother was mentally ill. Nobody knew exactly what was wrong with her, just that she was very strange. Back then people didn’t talk about mental illness. Recently my aunts have discussed Grandma, and they think she had schizophrenia. But there was...