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What makes a good leader? This weekend I stumbled onto Lewis and Clark’s westward journey documentary. America had purchased the Western lands from France. President Jefferson made an intelligent 29 year old Lewis Merriweather to lead an expedition to the newly purchased lands. Along with his co captain 34 year old Clark, Lewis made it…
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If you could un-invent something, what would it be? A forty minute drive to the temple yesterday evening turned out to be an hour and forty minute ordeal. Two accidents on the parkway just a few miles apart and timing so close left was us in a snail traffic. The first was a three car…
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Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? We started putting things away and the weekend seems to be cleaning weekend. Don’t want to jinx it but my husband listened to me yesterday and he and my special one put away the Christmas tree. We also started catching up on our laundry.…
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Where can you reduce clutter in your life? Okay literally I am going to declutter this weekend. Just keep some garbage bags handy and without having second thoughts going to roam around the house picking up things. I can have two or three bags categorized as recycling/trash and charity and move myself around the house.…
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It’s been two weeks since we came back from a trip amd half of January is done. The weather moved from luke warm to frigid overnight as I saw a fresh blanket of snow outside my bathroom window. Unlike so many places we are not going to get anything much. Did it look depressing or…
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In what ways do you communicate online? How about my blog? Few days back WordPress informed me I had completed six years. From autism awareness to a Mom’s every day life and to things I see around I have been posting something or another. I do check messages on other social media platforms but my…
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A well visit demanded a fasting blood draw for my special young man. It was of course, a 12-hour fast blood draw. I was up all night trying to see my young man does not sneak up any midnight snack. Then his sensory needs made him fight the nurses. Once the needle was inserted, he…
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It is almost 6 am and I see this prompt. I am in no mood for a snack but a hot breakfast. Our recent Christmas vacation we stumbled onto this Indian Vegetarian cuisine. It opened up early and offered an authentic South Indian breakfast of idli, vada, pongal, poori, dosa and filter coffeee. We were…
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I have something or other to blog about every day! That is what my husband tells me. Let me tell you this was not one I imagined or planned. Before we went on Christmas break my son got a craft activity grow your own Christmas tree. I put it aside and forgot all about it.…
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In between the dead of winter we experienced a heat wave the past week. It felt really good and we were outside during sunset. Yes, for a change it was not cloudy or rainy but clear skies to experience this beauty. Did the plant get confused? I saw these two leaves? 🤔 But I enjoyed…
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What is your mission? ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनःसर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तुमा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥Om Sarve Bhavantu SukhinahSarve Santu Niraamayaah |Sarve Bhadraanni PashyantuMaa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet |Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || Meaning:1: Om, May All be Happy,2: May All be Free from Illness.3: May All See what is Auspicious,4: May no one Suffer.5: Om Peace, Peace, Peace. I just remembered this prayer we chant. I do not have any mission but a prayer does go a long way. This…
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Today I was filling up my calendar. A good friend gave me a National Park Calendar and I am putting it to good use. I have committed to some classes on weekends and I really filled up until Memorial Day. My son’s program yellow book arrived with all the activities. I had missed a few…
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What could you do differently? The mental and physical endurance needed to raise a “special one” is huge. I stumbled upon another parent who narrated her experience. I told her “been there” and yes had reacted like her. Yes, people around us keep pushing our buttons. Yes, years and years of managing a child I…
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Everyone at the gym had earbuds. My observation the past few days. Everyone at the airport had earbuds. Everyone everywhere are having earbuds! Everyone are in their own worlds! Autism means being in their own world. We restrict our son with his music and headphones. In fact he doesn’t bring his music outside the house.…
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Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? If I think about the past I think about bad things that had happened to me. So I think a lot about my future. Anyway when I wrote this prompt in the past my thoughts always revolved around the food I need…
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What is the greatest gift someone could give you? When we traveled last week we used all the disability services. We pre boarded our son and used TSA help to get security cleared up. We used his access pass to get into National Parks for free. When we had autism moments, of course you do,…
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What colleges have you attended? Still attending the college of every day life. Isn’t it interesting nothing is taught in school regarding our day to day life? So many complexities and curve balls thrown at us. My experience even made as a book is not going to help anyone since another person’s experience would be…
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We came back home last night after an epic 8-day trip to the desert southwest. It was during middle of Navaratri that I had booked a room at Joshua Tree National Park. In between a house full of dolls and guests, I was searching for a perfect place to stay and continue my bucket list…
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Wishing you all a Happy New Year! Yes it is just another day but looks like the world loves to celebrate it. So it does have an energy attached to it. Let’s take that positivity and keep going. Sunset on the Pacific Ocean. It was not a beach vacation that I had planned yet took…
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Today is the shortest day of the year. It was kind of busy and didn’t feel any different. That said and done, I plan to take a ten day blogging break. I am going to be catching up on other blogs and commenting but will not be writing anything new. Should I do a roundup…
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