Today I’m chatting with Amanda Cunningham, who is the founder of The Glory Days Co., a company that provides organizational tools for parents and caregivers of special needs children. Amanda’s daughter “Rory” was born with an unexpected diagnosis of Down Syndrome. When looking for tools to support her in this new role as a special needs parent, she found nothing. Desperate, Amanda created an organizational system that is now The Glory Days Daily Planner - the first daily planner for children with special needs.

Amanda talks about this unexpected diagnosis being the shock of her life and how she and her family navigated through all the emotions surrounding it. She also speaks really candidly about of how all of us as Moms have hopes and dreams for our kids and many of us have our worlds rocked as our children naturally are themselves, which may be different from what we hoped. I also ask her to give us some ideas of how to support families whose kids have a medical diagnosis because sometimes we don’t know the right things to say or do. I appreciated her vulnerability in speaking on this subject and I can’t wait for you to listen.

How to support families with a medical diagnose(s):

Engaging your children with people who are different from them

Not saying sorry, saying congratulations at the birth of a child

Always address the child before you address the diagnosis

Links from the show:

“It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way” by Lysa TerKeurst

Find Amanda + The Glory Days:

Website: https://theglorydaysco.com

Instagram: @theglorydaysco