Category: March
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Return Gift 🎁
Today I am grateful to my son’s facilitator at his program. 2019 she made some bowls with beads for my Navarathri return gift. After two year break she is up back again making return gifts with her special group. So what is she making? I don’t want to let out the secret. My 9 day…
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Zinnia
A petal maybe off or the flower bit fading. But I am certain the bee is enjoying the nectar from the pollen. Nature is awesome. For Cee’s Flower of the Day For Ragtag Comminity Prompt certain
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Staghorn Sumac
The tree is full of flowers. I found them in one of my walks and was curious to know more about it. A drought resistant plant which requires less water and easy to maintain. For Cee’s FOTD.
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Return
Our township library now automatically renews books. This way if you forget to return them there are no fines. It really encourages parents, since returning books on time is a hassle.
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Frowzy
We have done a lot of 5km walks. We may look frowzy by the finish line but it is all worth it. This particular 5 km was around Kennywood Park and we got a discounted entrance during Christmas time. Even after a 5k walk we had all the energy to go around the park and…
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Creativity
Being a Mom, creativity happens in the kitchen. From breakfast to lunch boxes to dinner food needs to be creative so that your kids eat healthy. So here are some of my creations. 😀 For Ragtag community prompt: Creativity
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Picnics
Monday was a hot day for us. I heard on news that it is good to be out in the sun since it helps to improve our serotonin level. If that were the case that no one should be depressed in the tropics. I deal with my son’s anxiety and I have learnt about dopamine…
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Provocative
At the dining table, I would get pinched all of a sudden by my special boy . Further investigation would show he was provoked by his little brother who would have disturbed him under the table with the foot😂! A common scenario when you have loving brothers. It is hard to maintain peace at home,…
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Happy Easter 🐣
As I browsed for some prompts today, I found one to be “egg”. I didn’t need a lexicon to find the meaning unlike zoomorphic which I had written about yesterday. I am not so comfortable around eggs, but last week my son’s program had hard boiled eggs to be dyed for Easter party! It was…
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Parenting
Parenting is really hard. I am not talking about raising a special child. I have a typical one too. There are times I really want to spoil my kid and that moment I try to be a strict Mom and raise my voice, maybe not yodel but control my voice in a way my message…
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Out in the community!
The transition into adulthood funding mainly allocates funds for disabled people to actively participate in the community. A lot of organizations offer voluntary hours for disabled to participate and public places like zoos and museums offer discounted entrance. When my son was young, even without our knowing we started taking him out into the community.…
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Chocolate Factory!
My phone reminded me what we did last year this time. This week last year my son got his first COVID-19 vaccine. We stood in line and waited for an hour before he got his vaccine. Things have changed in a year now right? The psychological impact caused by the pandemic may not be known…
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Choosing a battle to fight!
My son has anxiety and OCD cognitive behavioral therapy helps. With his autism diagnosis it is not easy. Therapies are comtinous process and I have understood over time it is not going to end. I have learnt occupational therapy, vision therapy, sensory integration and Applied behavioral analysis. My husband had his heart and soul into…
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Labyrinth
This post is for RDP Saturday: Labyrinth Jesus Datta Retreat Center is situated in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania. It is 60 miles North of Pittsburgh and an amazing spiritual sanctuary. Among many activities it has a huge labyrinth in the prayer hall which we have used for our son. This labyrinth is a modified eight circuit…
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Haircut 💇♂️
I could have written about manifold number of things like how 95% of US population above 16 have some kind of immunity towards corona virus or how there are nearly 350,000 new registrations to learn Ukrainian on Duolingo, but I finally landed on haircut. After 2 years my son had a haircut without a mask…
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Catacomb
Everyone has wishes. My husband’s wish is to see the Pyramids of Egypt when he retires. Mine has always been to visit Jerusalem. It is a holy place for three religions and definitely has good energy. Maybe I can add the catacombs of Rome and Paris to my wish since it looks interesting too. As…
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Pandemic 2nd Anniversary
It was March 13th 2020, my younger son, a freshman, came home saying, school is closed. My husband was told to work from home from the 16th. What was purported to be a short term has now has him working at home for two years. Someone posted on Facebook yesterday, working from home seems to…
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Legos
When my son was two he was at an early intervention program. He could sort out all the lego blocks according to color so fast. We were in the stages of denial , so were thrilled that he could do it. We slowly started accepting his diagnosis and that is when we found out his…
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Happiness
It took a long time to accept my son’s autism diagnosis. His diagnosis maybe written in runes but his life is not. “Hush” , I tell myself whenever we both have a bad day. There are plenty of things in the world that can make us happy. He had so much fun at the pool…
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Legos
When my son was two he was at an early intervention program. He could sort out all the lego blocks according to color so fast. We were in the stages of denial , so were thrilled that he could do it. We slowly started accepting his diagnosis and that is when we found out his…
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