{"id":5617,"date":"2013-08-06T15:30:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T22:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2013-08-06T23:14:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T06:14:41","slug":"virtual-coffee-date-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5617","title":{"rendered":"{Virtual} Coffee Date (vol. 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m <del>stealing<\/del> borrowing this idea from Karianna at <a href=\"http:\/\/caffeinatedcatholicmama.com\/\" title=\"Caffeinated Catholic Mama\">Caffeinated Catholic Mama<\/a>.  Go check out her site and find out what she&#8217;d tell you if you were having coffee with her.  Tell her also to make this a weekly link-up.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>If we were having coffee,<\/strong> I would tell you about the dietary changes I&#8217;ve been having to make because of my <a href=\"http:\/\/women.webmd.com\/tc\/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview\" title=\"PCOS\">PCOS<\/a> and how there are a lot of days when I&#8217;ve maxed out my calories and am still hungry.  I&#8217;m also getting sick of grilled shrimp and grilled chicken.  I&#8217;m hoping that there&#8217;s enough weight loss to make my endocrinologist happy when I see her in a few weeks and that my sugars are good enough even though I&#8217;m not testing because meals tend to not be scheduled affairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If we were having coffee,<\/strong> I would tell you about Daniel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/what-autism\/treatment\/applied-behavior-analysis-aba\" title=\"in-home ABA therapy\">in-home ABA therapy<\/a> and how he seems to be doing really well with his primary tutor.  I&#8217;m present for sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays and Jon is there for Fridays.  We&#8217;re trying to find a tutor to do Tuesdays and Thursdays so right now, it&#8217;s just 3 days a week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If we were having coffee,<\/strong> I would tell you about how hard I sobbed when I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wimp.com\/autismduet\/\" title=\"Katy Perry performing with Jodi, a girl with autism\">Katy Perry singing that duet of &#8220;Firework&#8221; with Jodi, a little girl with autism<\/a> because it seriously illustrates some my frustrations at being the parent of a child with special needs and how much ambiguity there is in his future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If we were having coffee,<\/strong> I would tell you about Daniel falling asleep in my lap with me singing to him and how I&#8217;m resolving to do more of it after I realized that the only time I&#8217;ve done it has been when he&#8217;s been in the hospital.  That realization led to a lot of crying on Monday night on my part but that&#8217;s OK.  Crying is a stress release for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If we were having coffee,<\/strong> I would tell you about how doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcponline.org\/DailyOffice\/compline.html\" title=\"Compline\">Compline<\/a> has helped my faith and enables me to go to sleep.  Edda even joined me for it yesterday which was very helpful &#8212; she is a meditative panther and petting her was a nice addition to prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for having coffee (or tea) with me today.  Shall we do this next week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m stealing borrowing this idea from Karianna at Caffeinated Catholic Mama. Go check out her site and find out what she&#8217;d tell you if you were having coffee with her. 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