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Hi all! How is everyone? Today has been a very, very long day. But a good day. Tomorrow is the first day of the 2019-2020 school year. Three Grands: First grade, Ninth Grade, and Infant Class! (Day Care !)
I am so excited for this new school year. I get a nervous giggle just thinking about new books, notebooks, maps, brand new crayons, and new clothes.
With so much sadness in the news these days, I thought we might think about the little things we might be grateful for. Like new school shoes. Homework. Children and school buses.
Life is a gift. The little boy in El Paso who was on the news recently, gets this. He wanted to help himself feel better, and to do something for the other people to give back, as well. He has issued a challenge. Each one of us has been asked to do a random act of kindness. For every person who was killed in El Paso on that fateful day.
Autistics care. We have feelings,often quite deep, just like Neurotypicals. We don't always "get" all of the finer details when it concerns social skills. Or what is considered the "norm." But this is something we can all do to fight the hatred in this country.
If you care to do so, let us know one thing you have done, after making this commitment. As a random act of kindness. Then love will win, instead of hatred.
Peace, out.
Mamacita Jane
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@mamacita We moved me up to this quaint little rural town last week, and now I have internet! We have been met with well-intentioned people, who give me a measure of comfort.
The idea this young boy has, to show acts of kindness, is sadly lacking as a matter of course everyday. Yesterday I went out to our ambulance station, and signed up for both ambulance service and Mercy flight. Being rural, they will take you to closest hospital, which costs almost $3K by ambulance, up to $20K by flight. Unless you have their subscription, which is $84/year including the Mercy flight. As I spoke to the head paramedic, I asked him about donations. He said they are happy to receive them as an offset to the costs. So, that will be a pet project of mine. Wondering if raffling off a quilt will raise some monies for them.....
Ginger