Month: November 2024

Nesting November

by CWR, posted in Uncategorized

I am feeling very comfortable in my own skin, and grateful for my family and friends. I had the great fortune to unintentionally spend Halloween with my BFF and his dogs. I meant to visit earlier in the day, but ended up seeing all of his trick or treaters, which was a definite treat for me! I also got dog hugs from his fur kids.

I also have a secret that I’ve been unintentionally keeping. My friend Jenn and I have been working on a newsletter for the Autism/AuDHD/ADHD group she founded. It was kind of a whirlwind project, but it is so much fun. It has really changed my life for the good. A big THANK YOU to JENN for roping me into this, dragging me last month when I was really sick and out of it, and giving me this chance.

I learned when I was 38 (ten years ago!) that I have ADHD and started taking medication. It changed my life to be medicated for it. It didn’t solve any problem, but I actually started finishing things I started.

Even before this, in my early 30s, I learned that I was very likely on the autism spectrum. (At that time, I was investigating Aspergers, which is now classified under the autism umbrella. It took a while to find help for this weird collection of random stuff (which now because of the pandemic and TikTok we know are VERY RELATABLE for LOTS of folks). During the pandemic, Jenn started this FaceBook group called Autism Virtually (now called Autism/AuDHD/ADHD Virtually) after the movie Love Actually. She has gathered a whole team of people (friends, colleagues, community members, people from all over the world, parents, etc) and it is so exciting.

I will share the newsletters and links here at a later time, if anyone wants to join.

For now, I will close by sharing again how much gratitude I have for everything in my life.

What are you grateful for?

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Otherworldly October

by CWR, posted in Uncategorized

I owe you a huge apology. I made this (and Novembers) and was so happy and proud of it, but never uploaded it here. I shared it on other social media.

My uncle passed away at the end of September, and it really hit me hard. I’m just now getting back to routines, and creating new ones. My mom is a twin, and this was my mom’s twin’s husband. There’s a special relationship that twins have, and I think that extends to their children as well. Since my dad died in 2013, I’ve relied on my uncle for help on household advice. He was a really funny man, and introduced me to all kinds of awesome Scottish stuff.

How was your October?

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