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Oh My Dog, Another Yesterday May 23rd 2020 Spent Inside

Oh my dog, another yesterday (May 23rd, 2020) spent inside Anomalous earthling inhabited mancave quarantined cocooned gamesomely knowingly protected travesty impossible mission sidestepping, thwarting, zapping eventuality, inevitability, opportunity utilitarian death crowning glory fêted within netherlands immortality granted courtesy biological proliferation offspring re vitalizing, restoring, requenching spent human lives. Self sequestration commenced instant (karma) fertilization set narration mein kampf within womb mommy dearest, she within prime ovulation age begat me in utero un- aware how existential crisis (mine) linkedin metaphor whereat sanctity housing yours truly during embryonic /fetal development + vital placental lifeline keyed into present day self (christened Matthew Scott Harris) still analogously tethers (as iterated above) outward adult. He considers metamorphosis child to adult incomplete early during carefree preschool boyhood heavenly bliss short lived spunky spontaneity squelched after first grade February 28th, 1968 marked turning point pronouncing significant psychological cleavage figuratively pitched emotional, mental, and spiritual withdrawal symptomatic psyche quashed, torqued, and wrenched full blown cycle logical gearshift hijacked, though undoubtedly propensity inherent since... birth genetic/chromosomal aberration. Especially when fatherhood food me gifted with beauty full daughter diagnosed at tender age developmental delay within asperger's syndrome thankfully Shana Punim, (a person's face endearment appellation - chiefly in Jewish use) eligible recipient to receive early onset supportive services, which initial diagnosis undertaken within her first birthday, thus staunching immense struggles later. Supportive services incorporated battery audiological, cognitive, emotive... tests to help pinpoint diagnosis. She underwent cost free (needs based) therapy - most times resistant and noncooperative (nonresponsive) to engage whole heartedly, but bonding with facilitators wrought budding relationship with concomitant trust. Participation with therapists and class/campmates (the latter structured summer programs pertinent as she evinced able bodied/minded to benefit with stepped up socialization (interpersonal interaction - or lack thereof) immediately apparent as preschooler, but got bolstered thru confidence building activities. All thru k-12th grade our cherished progeny benefitted being streamlined with classwork (and take home) assignments custom tailored, plus after school remedial programs boosted flagging shortcomings allowing, enabling, and providing laudable transformations, whereby she began (to assert herself in making major decisions), now at age twenty one (born February 4th, 1999) lives with few housemates in Bend, Oregon while matriculating at nearby Community College.

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