Tag: family
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Korean Rose
I planted two Korean rose bush shrubs just to use these flowers for my prayer offering. As the bushes started blooming I didn’t have the heart to pluck all the flowers. There is a story about Pandava brothers and their flower offerings. Once the Pandava brothers Bheema and Arjuna went to heaven. They saw two […]
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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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Mannequin
Growing up in India, my idea of America was what I read in books. I still remember reading ” The Mysterious Mannequin” book in the Nancy Drew detective series, all time favorite detective . My Dad introduced me to Perry Mason series and I loved it. Maybe that is the reason I binge watch so […]
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Learning a lesson
New water pipes are being laid on our street. It is a great thing since the old pipes thrown out seem to be broken. The price to be paid has been water shut off notices. We had one shut off last week and one was issued this week for Tuesday but the shutoff happened yesterday […]
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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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Trails
Off late we have been crazy about walking on trails. What began as a 10,000 steps a day has transformed into 5k walks. So, where can we enjoy these 5k walks. Of course on a trail! The Montour connects to other rails-to-trails in western Pennsylvania and beyond: the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the C&O […]
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Recipe?
My Mom’s recipe book is in Malayalam, her mother tongue which I cannot read since my mother tongue is Tamil. My younger one is confused. Ha ,ha, I have to accept my father tongue is Tamil.
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Brahmopadesham
It has been exactly seven years since I went to India. The last time I went was to perform Brahmopadesham (supreme teaching), and Sacred thread ceremony for my younger son. The sacred thread signifies the following: the one who wears it should be pure in thought, word, and action. remember the debt that is owed […]
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Balloons
This is for ragtag community prompt of the day “balloon” We celebrated my son’s 21st birthday and his graduation with a cruise. We were on the ship on 4th of July. We used the service autism on the seas which was wonderful in various ways. After years of spending money on treatments and therapies I […]
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Talent show
Found out today morning one of my son’s online classes has a talent show. This was all of a sudden since we do not attend this particular class at that particular time. Keeping fingers crossed we did Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (missed the recording) and Happy Birthday (recording above) in spite of so many hurdles […]
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Peonies
http://ceenphotography.com/2022/02/13/fotd-february-14-valentines-flowers/ This is for Cee’s FOTD challenge. Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️ Peonies look like roses but the plants are completely different. One of the flowering bushes in my garden.
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It’s Superbowl Sunday!
Having lived in New England for thirteen years amd Pittsburgh for the past eleven years if I say I do not know football I will be telling a lie. When we told our car mechanic that we were moving from Boston to Pittsburgh he asked”why Pittsburgh?” , That was how the rivalry between the two […]
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Capricious
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/63199771/posts/5874 Life is not easy. People keep comparing their life to others and start throwing a pity party. My son being capricious, it is easy to fall into that party mode. We need to move ahead with our life ignoring the moments of his behavior. Time to enjoy cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and […]
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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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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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