New Release

PERFECTLY

LOVED

Discovering the Blessings Raising
a Child with Special Needs

by Ana Munoz

ABOUT THE BOOK

Everyone has a plan on how to raise a child until the unthinkable happens, and it shakes the foundation of your world. The plans that were made around raising a ‘normal’ child ended quicker than they began.

In this transparent and honest lifestory, Ana Munoz shares her insights and faith in raising a daughter with Special Needs. Ana tells of the mountains that she has climbed to provide a world for her daughter that is filled with love and understanding.

Giving birth to her has taken her on unexpected journeys of all the unknowns. Her daughter’s life did not come with a manual, but it came with titbits of life lessons that she would not change in her world.

Ana shares the lessons she’s learned, perhaps the biggest being not to stereotype kids with special needs but to teach them that the sky is the limit. As she’s watched her daughter grow, she’s learned to celebrate the small beginnings. Small steps for others are big steps and even breakthroughs for her.

These big steps have opened immense doors of opportunities on the island of Kauai with her peers and the community. Ana’s hope in life is that her daughter knows that’s she is perfectly loved, and that she has positively impacted those around her. 
It is time to come along on this journey with her. She will give you hope, strength and courage to live when you get hit with the unexpected.

Blessings to all and Mahalo!

I met Ana in 2010. I sat across from her in a camp dining hall full of kids as she shared her passion for her beautiful special needs daughter. And then she shared her vision for special needs kids in the Hawaiian Islands.
In those few minutes I was captured by her passion, vision and love for her daughter. Ana cares for all special needs kids, not just her own. She is fearless , determined, full of faith and love for Jesus. She greatly impacted my life but I am only one of many. I count myself blessed to call her friend.

I have known Ana Munoz since 2005 and have continuously witnessed her enormous love for not only her own special needs child but with unbridled enthusiasm, Ana shares that same love with every challenged child she comes in contact with.
With our Camp Agape Teams we have been able to assist Ana with her Special needs Proms and some Special Camp events which overjoyed the children and encouraged us all.
The world is blessed by Ana’s creativity, strength and commitment in loving on God’s special children.

I met Ana in 2008 when she loving welcomed my family into hers after moving to Kauai. Since the day I met her I knew she had an deep love and desire to encourage and inspire individuals with special needs. Her passion led her to start Young Life Capernaum, the only outreach on Kauai for young people with intellectual and physical disabilities. Ana’s vision was to create a place where young people with special needs could come and know God’s love for them all while having fun. Ana’s vision expanded to monthly clubs, weekly Bible studies, sign language performances, Proms and summer camps for these special young people. Our Island and our hearts have forever been impacted by Ana’s love, leadership and passion for individuals with special needs to be all that God created them to be. She has a special gift to make people feel loved and she serves others with unrelenting joy. I have personally seen her lovingly parent her daughter throughout the years and encourage her that the sky is the limit. Ana leaves a bright light in all of the hearts of the people she meets. You will forever be challenged, encouraged and blessed by Ana’s wisdom and passion for individuals with special needs. Our community has been transformed by her love.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ana Munoz

Entrepreneur, Writer and Speaker.

Ana has lived in what some would call Paradise for over 35 years with her 2 sons and daughter, Mariana.  When Mariana was born, she had the diagnosis of Down syndrome.

Ana has experienced many struggles, including times when she didn’t think she was capable of raising a child with special needs, but as the months and years went by, Ana was getting stronger.

Ana has witnessed the repeated trials and breakthroughs of her daughter, realizing she was far stronger than she thought. She knew she had a hidden purpose unfolding right before her eyes as she continued to learn more about her daughter’s world.

Ana had co-owned a restaurant for 20 years, and once that chapter closed, she found a new chapter in her life working as a habilitation assistant for adults with special needs.  Ana’s passion and courageousness has pioneered new ways to include the community of special needs in a place that has always had very limited resources.

Thanks to Ana’s work, the special needs community now has camps, clubs, Bible study, creative sign dance, and prom.  Ana ensures the special needs community does not get left out or left behind.

Ana enjoys creative writing, crafts, outdoor activities, and travel.  She’s always up for trying something new.

Ana’s most important lesson for Mariana is to know she is perfectly loved.  She wants to leave her daughter and her community with a legacy to live life to the fullest and always with courage.  

What is Ana’s next Journey:

Children’s Book
Podcasts
Special Needs Home Economics Workshops
Turning my Book into Audible
Translating Perfectly Loved in other languages
Building a Special Needs Orphanage in Mexico