Tag: autism
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Forecast!
The weather improved today after snow and freezing rain. It felt like a heatwave as the temperature crossed 32 degrees farenheit. We went for a good one mile walk outside. With snow banks it was chilly but we wanted to be out in the sun. Unless you experience something bad it is really hard to…
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Table cloth
The Ragtag Daily Prompt is Tablecloth! When my kids were growing up my dining table was a mess! So I was obsessed with table cloths😀! Do you know I was able to pull all these pictures just by using tableware on my iphone photo search. Learning new things every day. These are just a few…
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A personal choice /decision
The weather has been nasty with rain, ice, sleet and snow for the past 48 hours. The schools and after school activities were closed. Every learning activity moved online. For my son this is out of routine. He needs to be out of the house at least once a day. Yesterday we managed it. But…
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Search Engine
I received an email for an online craft project. Supplies needed were a photo frame, glue and a bag of conversation hearts! Now I had no idea what conversation hearts meant and so I had to use my search engine. I found out what they were and went out to pick it up at Walmart.…
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My music list!
I have a monthly subscription to apple music. So I can hear any music I want. But my favorite has always been South Indian Classical Carnatic Music. I have healing music going on twenty four hours for my son’s sake. But it is usually in the background. Off late whenever I get time I am…
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Sensory Room
#Bloganuary Day 27! Prompt of the Day: Where do you go when you need solitude? It is a simple answer. I go to my basement when I need solitude. My basement has undergone so many changes in so many years in physical appearance but it has always the place of solitude for our family as…
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Time Travel!
Bloganuary Challenge Day 21 Today’s prompt: If you could, what year would you time travel to and why? The first travel is back to the year 1982. I went with my parents and my brother on a vacation. I think that is the first trip I remember very well. I didn’t have to plan anything.…
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Secrets and mysteries!
Write about something mysterious. #Bloganuary Challenge Day 19. When I read this prompt my immediate thought was Chidambaram Rahasyam, translated to English, the secret of Chidambaram. Chidambaram is a place in Southern India, the Temple has a shrine of Lord Shiva and there is a secret hidden in the Temple. So I googled and found…
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A special cause!
What is a cause you are passion about and why? During the month of January I am doing a blogging challenge by writing to a prompt. The past two weeks have been a journey I thought I would never undertake being a parent of a special boy. Giving time for myself . So that is…
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Writing!
I am new to writing. Though I have an account for the past two years, I didn’t use it much. The reason maybe many, but I think I was really hesitant to put my thoughts into writing. But a week of continuous writing has really helped me open up myself more. When I started my…
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Puzzle pieces all the way
Yesterday my son finished his first 300 piece puzzle with my help. It was his Christmas gift but in reality it was my gift since it made me happy 😃! 🧩 We have come a long way from struggling to match a triangle in a shape sorter . When he was 3 we thought he…
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Christmas Eve pondering
Thanksgiving week our entire family were caught up in the covid storm. We all were double vaccinated but still got it! This was expected since my second son attends school and all other after school activities. As a Mom with an autistic kid I am not a vaccine person since for years I have been…
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A digital cookbook🤔😉🙃
I read a blog yesterday about how we shouldn’t smother our kids. I am always of that opinion, but we all tend to do it unknowingly. Teaching independence is one of the first and foremost we want with our kids. With my special needs one , it has been his goal right from the day…
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Blogging all January!
It is exactly two years since I started my blogging journey. I am happy for all the support from those who have read and commented on it. It takes time and patience to do that and thank you so much for spending your time. Multiple reasons made me start this journey but one thing I…
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Poinsettias
As Christmas rolls around most of the TV channels change their mode from slaying to sleighing so fewer Criminal Minds or CSI kind of shows to Christmas movies. So one of the movie that I accidentally stumbled upon was Ponsettias for Christmas. With my lifestyle tracking and tagging my son it is really hard for…
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Temple visits
Temple and religious places have now become so political during pandemic. Is it good to keep it open or closed? Many people have missed the congregation and in fact a lot have struggled to keep it open. My struggle with temples started around the time my special one started exhibiting autistic behaviors. At the time…
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Miracle League Baseball
9 years ago Miracle League Baseball was initiated in our community with an amazing baseball field for special needs people. When fliers were sent out I really got excited about it and decided to enroll my son. My younger one and myself were all set to go on the field. But my son was not…
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About me
Hello I started this blog just before the pandemic began in January of 2020. After two years of posting very little, I became active last December and I have found joy blogging. So I decided to edit my about me page and thought why not make it as a new post. I am Ganga and…
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