off topic but wanted to share

March 26, 2008

Today was of my first class of adapted sort of dance , It is of being

teached by the daughter of my therapist under hims supervision, and

so today I to had of my first lesson. the class is not stressing to

teach dance as most assume dance is to be but teaches those on

spectrum to learn how to coordinate of movment and to learn how to

multi task two or more parts of the body moving at the same time. so

toady I to learned how to do a sideways gallop sort of movement so

when my legs go out so should of my arms and then when the feet be to

go back to in positions so should the arms. that was very hard for me

to coordinate but did be to be of able to do this in a slow fashions.

I to also for fun learned of some of the moving things people do in

the dance that is of used much in parties for fun and so I to learned

how to move of my hands and sing I dont want to be a chicken, I do

not want to be of a duck, I want to shake my butt and then one clapps

four times. I to heared of this song so many times but never coild

interpret the words to it. so for me will learn how to do these

actions, and say the words to the song and build how to do this

faster. when we tried of me to do it faster my brain simply could not

process this at all it was of me doing the wrong words or actions to

the CD and could not do either in good timing but in time

feels with practice will learn to coordinate of these things.

I to be of not one who feels comfortable in movment and or

coordinating self in movement with others. I to also struggle to

multi task in many aspects of my life. But strangely can multi task

in my driving and in being of a mom {most days} and so for me had a

much good day this day in learning of this and it makes it easier to

have of as the teacher because like her father she is of soft

in words, is fun and feels so very safe to me. she makes me feel able

and equal. She does not treat me as if I to be of broken or disabled,

she treats me with much respect and pateince in teaching me

somethings that most in the community in places of dance are not open

to teaching one such as self with low tones and lack of

corrdinations. so her teaching this gives me a new learning

experience.

I to want to still learn to ride a horse and be to learn to explore

painting yet.

I to also still be of learning my gardening and happy this day was

sunny and warm and it maked me so happy to know soon will be of to

work my garden again. This summer will make a new areas in my front

yard that will be of a 5-6 foot diameter place that will be of my

Delaney's garden. this year I to hope she will be of out there

helping at her level to help of her nanna.

This was of my day this day.

Also thnaks to those who responded of the questions of politics. it

was of helpful.

Sondra

March 26, 2008

That dance class sounds very neat. I got out in the flowers, too, I

have two weeks before classes again. Today I dug up 3 azalea bushes

and replanted them and dug up an existing end of a flower bed to put

in a path to the side of our porch. I'm feeling my age at the moment,

I look like I'm about 90 years old when I walk I'm so sore!

That sounds like fun with Delaney. I bet she will enjoy the digging

and flowers with you. When my was 2 we planted some broccoli

plants. She would say, " I want trees, " and we would go cut some

broccoli. She would sit at the coffee table and watch Barney while she

ate her little trees with some ranch dressing. That was such a sweet time.

Debi

March 27, 2008

Sondra- you're not broken or disabled- you just need things to be broken

down into much smaller pieces before they can be pieced back together!

My daughter and another little girl were doing that chicken/duck song last

night in the waiting area of their social skills class. We were laughing our

heads off- it was so cute.

We found an amazing art center near us that has the nicest staff and they

are so patient and positive with everyone. They saw only the positives in my

daughter last summer- how creative she is, how she isn't caught up in " rules "

the way the typical kids are (completely the opposite of the rest of her life

where she is driven by THE RULES), how bold she is with colors (she mashes

everything together- difficulty choosing one color), and she has clever ideas

(flying tigers- the assignment was to make something that flies), how she

thinks out of the box (difficulty staying within the lines)- they were just so

sweet and kind- but NOT condescending at all.

Karin

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