We all are blessed by a family by God almighty...nuclear or joint,that doesn't matter...Yes,ofcourse, not all are that blessed to have a loving family but I am dedicating my today's blog to my extended family....Wondering who are they????My loving friends who keep in touch with me through sms,mails telephone and fb posts....who never let me feel that I am lacking in a good support system.Who are all these loving friends...my ex-students,my ex colleagues,friends I met online and autism parents,doctors and therapists.there are hardly many people who are related to me by blood ties but today I laugh,share and cry with all of them.Situation is such that now I feel restless till I share my moments of grief and joy with my friends.I don't mind when just 20 frnds wish me on my birthday bt 52 wish on kabir's b'day n number is still growing:-)
I never had much friends.Since school days,I was an introvert soul....hardly had 2 friends when I graduated n did my Post graduation.Then I did my B.Ed n that was the turning point.I started socialising more and when I became a teacher ,I had a very friendly and cooperative but disciplined approach with my students...so my circle started growing....though it was my young students.Still I was never very close to my colleagues....so I always had a strained relation with people my age...Things changed when I married...soon I was expecting my son,I quit the job....distances came between my old circle ...n I was totally lost in my world-my new world of my husband and my son....two years hence ,kabir's diagnosis began and I went into downward spiral of depression and psychiatric problems....bt my best friend all this time my husband managed me well and with his support I started the path of recovery of myself as well as kabir,through proper diagnosis,understanding the seriousness of his disorder and we started our journey of helping kabir...through special educator's class....sudha,who went on to become my biggest support,speech therapy,occupational therapy,his developmental paeditrician.....
Then I went on to discovering the world of autism parents...simultaneously I was discovering the world of orkut and fb courtesy efforts and invitations sent by Usha,my A.P.S student and during this time Adi had left for Saudi,Fb became my link to the outer world ,gradually my students started getting bck to me as my new friends,then autism parents too n nw I have a big virtual family of my extended family who are there with me through thick and thin......and I am thankful to each single family member of this family.....for being there in my life.....they are my moral support.....they boost my confidence....just be there with me always.
I never had much friends.Since school days,I was an introvert soul....hardly had 2 friends when I graduated n did my Post graduation.Then I did my B.Ed n that was the turning point.I started socialising more and when I became a teacher ,I had a very friendly and cooperative but disciplined approach with my students...so my circle started growing....though it was my young students.Still I was never very close to my colleagues....so I always had a strained relation with people my age...Things changed when I married...soon I was expecting my son,I quit the job....distances came between my old circle ...n I was totally lost in my world-my new world of my husband and my son....two years hence ,kabir's diagnosis began and I went into downward spiral of depression and psychiatric problems....bt my best friend all this time my husband managed me well and with his support I started the path of recovery of myself as well as kabir,through proper diagnosis,understanding the seriousness of his disorder and we started our journey of helping kabir...through special educator's class....sudha,who went on to become my biggest support,speech therapy,occupational therapy,his developmental paeditrician.....
Then I went on to discovering the world of autism parents...simultaneously I was discovering the world of orkut and fb courtesy efforts and invitations sent by Usha,my A.P.S student and during this time Adi had left for Saudi,Fb became my link to the outer world ,gradually my students started getting bck to me as my new friends,then autism parents too n nw I have a big virtual family of my extended family who are there with me through thick and thin......and I am thankful to each single family member of this family.....for being there in my life.....they are my moral support.....they boost my confidence....just be there with me always.
