Tag: autism
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Bloganuary Day 23, A beautiful day!
Prompt for today: What’s a lie you tell yourself? Getting up and saying to myself it is going to be a beautiful day whatever self, nature or other forces are going to put on to me. I am going to be happy and smiling all day!!!! A winter wonderland it is today and it is…
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Bloganuary Day 22, Dreams
What was your dream job as a child? Few months back, my brother and his family came to visit us. I was asking my teenage niece what her ambition was and what she wanted to do when she grew up. At that point my memories went back nearly thirty years. I was pestering my Dad…
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Bloganuary Day 21, Favorite author
Prompt for today: Who is your favorite author? My favorite author is Kalki Krishnamurthy. Kalki Krishnamurthy was a Tamil writer and an Indian independence activist. Kalki was his pen name and he started a weekly magazine in Tamil called Kalki. Kalki died in the fifties but I started reading the magazine only in the late…
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Bloganuary Day 20, My home
Prompt for today: What irritates you about the home you live in? We have been living in our current home for the past eleven years. It is more than fifty years old and doesn’t have the open floor plan. We were living in a town home before that which was modern and new. But I…
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Bloganuary Day 19, Yellow I am!
I would like to call myself yellow colored. Maybe the color of gold. Having a gold heart is supposed to be good isn’t it. I am not an introvert and can mingle with anyone and can understand any kind of situation. I do have my limitations but I am not picky. I had to google…
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Bloganuary Day 18, A meal!
During the month of January I am participating in a writing challenge by writing for prompts provided by wordpress. So here is the prompt of the day! What is your favorite meal to cook or eat? I never had interest in cooking when I was growing up, but I can say I can make a…
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Bloganuary Day 17, A Happy Day😃!
Describe the happiest day of your life! I asked my husband what was his happiest day in his life and he of course told it was our wedding day😊. Okay let me tell I was happy that day but I was nervous about his family and all the rituals that go along so I cannot…
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Bloganuary Day 16, Smell
Do you have a memory linked to a smell? I always think about this when I visit Target. This was the first store I visited when I landed in this country. I picked up Tide and did my first laundry at our apartment. So the sight of Target and smell of Tide together brings in…
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Bloganuary Day 15, No more fear
During the month of January I am writing to prompts provided by WordPress. So the prompt for today: What fear have you conquered? I grew up in a very orthodox Hindu home and I got married to an even orthodox household. But with autism, it is really hard to do orthodox ritual practices. In the…
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Bloganuary Day 14, My love for trains!
The prompt for today made me remember so many wonderful things. What is your preferred mode of transport? I have lived nearly half a century on this planet and have traveled by bus, car , train, ship, motorcycle, autorickshaw, rickshaw, airplane and road trams. I can with confidence say I love trains. A train journey…
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Bloganuary Day 13, A billion dollars!
The prompt for today: If you had a billion US dollars how would you spend it? Few months back I wrote something similar to this called If I win a lottery. Okay at that time it was just a million dollars. In that I had written if I had a million dollars I would go…
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Bloganuary Day 11, Defining Success
How do you define success? I have heard this joke a lot. The operation was a success but the patient died. I feel the doctors have alone been put into this position and have been joked around. In reality death is not in our hands. When my son was applying for colleges this fall, I…
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Bloganuary Day 10, 2023, A Book !
One third of the month is over. 10th Day of Bloganuary prompt: Has a book changed your life? As a young girl, I loved reading books. My Dad got me English crime novels from his office library and I enjoyed them. My grandmother’s friend got us Tamil novels, more social ones and my friend got…
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Bloganuary 2023, Day 9, Gift.
Today’s prompt question for Bloganuary challenge. What is the most memorable gift you have received? Men are not sentimental. The love they show is different from what women expect. Over the years I have understood that and accepted it. These are few of my memories. These are not tangible gifts but more of memory that…
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Bloganuary 2023, Day 8, Family!
Prompt question for today. How far back in your family tree can you go? Two years back, my brother called me one day and said he has done something interesting that I would love to know the result. Yes, he had his saliva tested and had done an extensive genetic testing. But it did not…
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Bloganuary 2023, Day 7, Rain.
During the month of January I am doing a writing challenge and the prompt for today is: Write a short story or poem about rain. The rain was becoming a drizzle and the boy walked down the street after getting down from his school bus. He could see small puddles of water and the eight year…
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Bloganuary 2023, Day 6, Writing!
During the month of January I am writing for prompts provided by WordPress. So today’s prompt is Why do you write? This one is easy. I started to blog because I wanted to do something for myself. I started this blog three years ago before the pandemic, but last January when I did Bloganuary Challenge…
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Bloganuary 2023, Day 5, Joy
What brings you joy in life? Anything small can make us all happy. People do not understand that and keep going around in circles to find that happiness. Yesterday at his game of kickball with his friends my special one struggled to kick the ball couple of times and at the fourth attempt he succeeded…
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Bloganuary 2023, Day 4, A treasure
What is a treasure that’s been lost? I have lost so many material things in my life. All those can be retrieved. When I had my younger one, we watched him like a hawk to see his growth milestones. He was a bit delayed in language and he was just picking up English. He never…
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Bloganuary 2023 Day 3, Memory
What is the earliest memory you have? Okay, Bloganuary was a bit confused. One blogger did write for this propmpt yesterday and I was not surprised when this prompt showed up on my feed today morning! So as I write I feel like I am cheating a bit😃 since I had some time to think…
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