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Understanding and interacting!
I have had people ask me how to interact with my son. I have been asked how much he understands. The answer is simple . Please be with him and you will learn on your own. My younger one is eight years younger to my special boy. He started understanding his brother by the time…
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Spring Mums
Mother Nature still keeps cheating or teasing us with a roller coaster weather. I plan to start my gardening but I am back to square one doing nothing. The high for today is 40 degree Fahrenheit! Last week when I went shopping I couldn’t resist buying these spring mums! A treat for the eyes! Are…
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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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Zoomorphic
Zoomorphic means to have the form of an animal. It is official, we have been to 30 states in this country. Last weekend to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina sealed this number. Thanks to my husband who found job in different parts of this country and my son’s treatment option in various parts made me achieve…
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Shubhakrita New Year
Happy New Year or Shubhakrita Puthandu Nal Vazhthukal for all my friends who are celebrating New Year tomorrow. Tamil people follow Lunar calendar and our New Year always falls on April 14th and very rarely on the 15th. I grew up in a household that mixed up tradition from two states so when I got…
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Tulips
Found this beauty on our travel this weekend. They too seem to be putting their heads up inspite of the harsh weather. I learnt from a zookeeper that snakes and alligators eat to their full and do not search for food for weeks and some do not even eat for a month. We humans boast…
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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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Dutch Hyacinth
These flower bloom every spring after the tulip. I never took the time to picture it. It is still cold, but these plants seem to be doing their duty. I used an app to identify the flower. The app revealed it as Dutch Hyacinth. The apps are not free. It just offers free trial and…
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Autism Awareness Day
April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day and April is Autism Awareness Month. Over the years there has been a lot of awareness about autism but I just want to point out certain things. No two autistic people are the same. If you have seen one autistic person, you have seen one person. The behaviors, the…
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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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Marigold
For Cee’s FOTD My first attempt with gardening was marigold. Nothing much is needed. A pot some pottung soul and seeds at walmart they were a hit! All summer my townhouse patio was bright with them. As we moved to an independent house with the garden I planted them directly in soil and of course…
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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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A pot of gold!
St. Patrick’s Day was last week but my husband hit a pot of gold yesterday! It wasn’t exactly gold but potatoes from last year that survived the winter. As we cleaned up our garden space getting ready for spring we stumbled upon potatoes that we didn’t harvest. Last year was the first year we had…
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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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Sleep
Last weekend we turned our clocks forward or what is called spring ahead. Then Monday I read that senate has passed a bill to stop the clock change. Yes, it is happening from November 2023. No more daylight savings time and no changing of clocks. When I cane to this country 25 years ago I…
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Jaggery
Yesterday was Karadaiyan nombu. The women fast on that day and pray for a long life for their husbands. This is not a public holiday or a festival celebrated by all Hindus. A fasting and prayer done by a very small community. An offering to Goddess is made with rice, jaggery (a natural product of…
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Daffodils 🌼
A low maintenance bulb that seems to bloom on it’s own. It is also the first flower to bloom in my garden. Last week, I saw them sprouting but the weekend storm covered them with half foot of snow. As the sun came out Sunday afternoon, I saw the green stems trying to survive the…
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