Mom is like a kid now. Recently mom is living with me.
Go to the market.
She follows me walking behind me, I give her money and say”Go and find three kinds vegetables using up the money (20 Yuan).”Buy what you like and give money to the seller. She is afraid of talking with strangers, so I do this to train her to talk more in public life.
Cook
Shenever cooks rice recently years because she worries that if it is not goodcooked, she will feel frustrated and sad and angry, so she chooses to avoidmaking any mistakes to do nothing. She goes out of the house few and doesanything, even no one knows that she lives in her house. If someone calls her,she never receives the phone call, if someone knocks the door, she neverreplies.
Recently,since she lives with me, she goes out to walk with me, shopping with me to buyfood, and she even learns to how to make pancake and cook rice and more dishesshe never tries before.
Draw and paint
Asa child, I used to draw and paint pictures, now I still like to do it. While, Ifind there is a new method to let mom to do something with me, this week I drawthe picture and let her to paint, it will spend her a few hours to finish it,however she has much time, during the process, she is busy with painting andfeel fulfillment after that.
Work
Igo out to talk with someone about some cooperation activity, she just sits withme and she can hear everything we talk, although I am not sure she isunderstood the thing. In all, she can meet more people and know more about thereal world. I gave a class to 19 kids in public the night before last night,she saw the whole process and the feedback from all the kids and parents. Shesaid excitingly to me ”They like you, some kids says to their mothers ”I wantto take Ellen’s English lesson.”” I replied her ”That’s good, but I need to domore.”
Volunteer
We go to be volunteers together, every Thursday we go to the Autism Rehabilitation Center, some parents talk to her, I am glad to see that.
Real life
She stays with me 24 hours a day, she can see my hard working and my pressure, shegives me comfort and support as well, even advice at some time.
I cannot let her live with me all the time, but the time is precious for each other.
