Tag: life
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Cave Canem
A few weeks back a very impressionable young 4 year old came to my house. Wow what a little cutie pie he was. He dumped a box of puzzles on the floor and ordered his older brother to do it. He then moved on to a box of Legos and he achieved his goal of […]
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Azaleas
For Cee’s FOTD Hope all the Mothers had a great Mother’s Day. I had a wonderful one with my boys messing around the kitchen and trying to come up with a breakfast, though I didn’t get any gifts 😀 my garden is getting vibrant with Azaleas. Azaleas from my garden are native to Japan.
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Impromptu
It has been exactly 3 months since I started writing for Sammi’s weekend prompt. Writing impromptu to the number of words on a Saturday morning is definitely a challenge which I love since it is away from my comfort zone. Thanks to the bloggers who read and comment.😀🙏
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Therapies
Along with behaviors we still deal with sensory issues with my special needs boy. As he grew old and while planning his transition I had made that to be one of my major concern in all his transition forms. When we started preschool our issues were hyperactivity. A swing in his preschool class room calmed […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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