Tag: specialneeds
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Everything In “I” for CMMC
Cee has asked for Iris, Ice, Independence or Index finger. On a dull day, I had fun looking through my archives for pictures of the same. We have Siberian Iris in front of our house which is a new picture but the rest are from my archives. Hope you enjoy. My picture me app, told…
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Belief and Faith
Do you practice religion? Hinduism is a way of life with different school of thoughts and different subsects. I am an infant to write anything about it. My family practices Advaitha school of thought by Adi Shankara and the worship of Panchayatana pooja that includes the worship of Shiva, Vishnu, Shakthi, Ganesha and Surya (the…
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The season begins! ⚾️
My special one hits the ball and runs towards the first base but misses it and is off to the fence. A crowd cheers him and later makes a home run. But this is all accepted and the game ends in a draw. This is the Miracle League of South Hills. A place everyone is…
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A Pet Baby #WDYS 187
Image credit; Grin @ Unsplash We as a family love animals. We love to go to zoos and petting zoos are our favorite. So this adorable Frenchie caught my attention. So I showed this picture to my husband and asked him, “He is on sale . Can we buy him?” For that he replied, “no more dependents”.…
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In a pickle
My raw mango has been sitting inside my refrigerator for more than a week now. It has been calling me to make use it. Raw mango pickle is the best accompaniment to thayir saadam or yogurt rice and it can be called the comfort food for most Tamil people. But the pickle has been my…
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Duck Race
What started in November ended yesterday. A water leak in the basement, followed by multiple investigations and repairs, ended with a carpet installation late yesterday evening. Six months ordeal and my husband is even now scared to use one of the toilets in the house. We can safely call it PTSD. Anyhow I have been…
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The joys of life for WDYS #186
Written for Sadje’s What do you see Image credit; Alisa Dyson @ Pixaby Ben had his baby sitter pick him up from school everyday. Anna his babysitter was a wonderful person. But he was only too surprised to see his beautiful Mama drop by. The happiness was immense and he could share all the things he did…
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Something to think and act
I got lot of Mother’s Day Wishes and two of them really touched me. One of them has a copyright to this organization so I am thanking them https://nayi-disha.org/. Having raised two children one with severe needs and another a typical kid I have worn many hats and yearned for breaks. Now my kids have…
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Ground Ivy
When the weather turns topsy turvy even weeds have a tough time. We just started removing them and found these pretty purple flowers. They need to be removed or can spread super fast. For Cee’s FOTD
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Reflecting
Why do you blog? Answering prompt provided by Blindzanygirl Today morning my shower was hot even though I kept it at the same setting. The reason being our temperatures have increased and it is not so cold. How can I share this thought to the world if I do not have a blog.😃 My son…
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Back to the Trails
Few weeks back after our trip back from New Jersey I promised myself I will limit my travel to just within our zip code. True to the promise, I have been spending most of the time around my community with our everyday activities and doing some spring cleaning. I think my Mom will only be…
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Conversation Starters 😊
The seasons change. My boy has a hard time changing clothes. He would be wearing his sweatpants even if it is hot for a few days and if the cold weather comes all of a sudden he would still be wearing shorts. He would drag his jacket around for a few days even if it…
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Happy Earth Day and more
We made an unplanned visit to New Jersey last weekend for some personal reasons. It added to the tiredness I already had with our vacation in Florida and our house getting some makeover. The construction crew left the house with lot of cement and wood dust and I (we) have been cleaning non stop. When…
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Lunch Time for FSS
It’s time for my weekly Story Starter prompt. Here’s how it works. Every Tuesday morning (my time), I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first…
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A piece of cake for Amma 🍰
Weekend was hectic because of an unplanned long drive . Had to go off my diet. I saw to it I didn’t take much carbs but somehow gained some extra pounds. I hope it is just water weight 😀.So all next week would be catching up on the diet. (It will be more soups and…
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Tamil New Year/Vishu
I used my brother’s picture on my last blog. Okay as I woke up early today morning it is our New Year, Puthandu, Vishu all in one and my brother had sent me two pictures. A shastiabdapoorthy or 60th birthday celebration lunch he had consumed. His boasting how he finished the entrie leaf/plate in 15…
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Empty Nesters
As I prepare my younger kid to college I remember a deep conversation we had with our Guru many years back. He suggested my son can be placed in a special needs home. My son was soon going to be 18 at that time and it really shocked our family. I asked him was it…
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Being out in the sun
We were in Florida last weekend. We did not go to Orlando but much south down to Miami and Everglades region. Most of you know what they are famous for. The alligators 🐊 are supposed to rule that region. But it seems pythons are now common. The first day on a swamp buggy tour, our…
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An airplane trip finally
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? After nearly 5 and half years my family flew on an airplane. We returned back today after a 5 day trip to Florida. Two months back I was talking to my friend and said I may never travel again since I am…
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Being in another’s shoes
What’s something most people don’t understand? There is a famous saying in my language. You can understand tooth ache and headache only when you experience it. What the proverb tries to say is we can talk about awareness and understanding others issues all we want but until you experience the same on a personal level…
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