Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. My late Mother, Margareet Bertha Armstrong. Margaretha Bertha van Riet (Margareet Armstrong) Ellie and my mother busy with handcrafts. 7th October 2019 was the day my mother died. I wish to honour her memory here as I share a lesson I learnt from her, … Continue reading Lessons late in life
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Unborn Siblings, letter 2
Dear Unborn Siblings, How are you doing? How many are there of you out there? I am sorry I took so long to get back to you again as I am finding life quite busy and chaotic. Right now I am helping the Marketing team give the website a facelift at PurpleSwift, Derek’s company. Before … Continue reading Unborn Siblings, letter 2
Autism Post: Special Interests
Dear Readers, In today’s post I want to talk about Special Interests as they apply to Autism. Please note that I am not a doctor and I am only talking about my own experiences of this as an autistic person. Please also note that all autistic people are different and experiences may vary. Autism Post: … Continue reading Autism Post: Special Interests
31 things that make me happy.
List 30 things that make you happy. Connection makes me happy. Connection means a lot to me, whether it is connection with others, with me, with Spirit, with nature, with ideas or objects. I see the world through connections and I organize my world through connections. It is because of this drive for connections that … Continue reading 31 things that make me happy.
Epic Baking Fail.
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. I think my most epic fail in the kitchen was when I was newly wed and I had little experience of cooking but I surely made up for it with a zeal in nutrition. I decided to make a liver and prune dish. I actually followed … Continue reading Epic Baking Fail.
Growing Older and your Future You
Growing old is quite a thingYou can feel sad when you look at the lossesEven feel mad at the processYou can feel scared about the futureEven hopeless about the overture It's OK to embrace the future by mourning the pastIt's OK to celebrate your past winsas you let go of what's left behind. In order to … Continue reading Growing Older and your Future You
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"Take long slow breaths. Breathe."
Flying as an Autistic Person Part 1
Dear Readers, Today’s post is going to be about flying as an autistic adult. And specifically long distance flying. I have had to do a few long distance flights this year. So I thought that I would document what it is like flying as an autistic person and some of the challenges and solutions that … Continue reading Flying as an Autistic Person Part 1
Prompt: A tradition I have not kept.
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? What traditions have you not kept that your parents had. I had to think about this one: my parents were quite a nontraditional couple, my father was from Scotland and my mother was of Scandinavian, Dutch, Prussian, French and English descent. We lived in a … Continue reading Prompt: A tradition I have not kept.
Autistic Burnout/Fatigue
I would like to take the opportunity to share this post with you, written by my daughter, Ellie. I think it is an area a lot of us know little about and hopefully we can learn more about neuro divergent people's struggles. Being vulnerable to depression and burnout is a hard thing to cope with. … Continue reading Autistic Burnout/Fatigue
Morag Noffke 