Stephanie Irwin is a mom to two children. One is on the autism spectrum. She decided to let her have her peace and to take her time with breakfast. She is feeling much better after a sickness last week. The indigenous polynesian people of New Zealand, the Maori, have a word for autism.
Stephanie Irwin is a mom to two children. One is on the autism spectrum. She decided to let her have her peace and to take her time with breakfast. She is feeling much better after a sickness last week.
The indigenous polynesian people of New Zealand, the Maori, have a word for autism. It is taki wa tonga, which literally translates to in his or her own space and time. Give each other grace. Have a wonderful Thursday.
Good morning, y'all. How is everybody doing today? It is a beautiful morning here in Savannah, Georgia, and I'm sitting here with my cup of coffee, my hug in a mug this morning to start my day off right. I hope you guys have something to start your day off right this morning as well. And I am feeling so much better than I was last week on my Cadre live. Good morning, Kelly. We had a sickness that ran through the house and luckily. Good morning, Luke. I think I saw Jules on there, too. Good morning.
So we had a sickness last week and it ran through the house and we're all doing so much better, which I'm really grateful for. So feeling so much better this week. So for those of you guys who I have not met yet, I am Stephanie, also known as Steph Irwin, and I live in Savannah, Georgia. I am a mom to two wonderful children. I have Patrick, who's eleven, and Annamarie, who is seven. Annamarie is on the autism spectrum, so I am a caregiver for her and for the family. Good morning, speak wonder. And in my professional life, I work with kids with cancer in their families.
So I have to tell you guys a story. So yesterday we're trying to get out the door to school, and Annamarie is taking her own sweet time, doing everything she could to, you know, procrastinate. But guess what? She was happy. So she was outside dancing in the wind, singing to the birds, writing poetry, taking her sweet time with breakfast. And meanwhile, you know, I'm an anxious mama, and I'm like, we gotta go. Let's get out the door. Grab your stuff, you know, put your backpack together and get your clothes on.
We need to leave. Mama has to work. And I could sense her getting agitated when I was rushing her. And I know better. Cause I know when I rush her, things never, they never turn out the way I plan on. So she definitely can't be rushed. Oh, yes. Speak wonder. You do have another poet. She would love your poetry, too. She likes to sing and write poetry and write songs, so it's very sweet. And that's a beautiful aspect of that she has that comes along. You know, with her autism. She sees the world in a different way, and it's just.
It's just beautiful to see how she sees it. And you know what? I decided to let her have her peace and to take her time, and it ended up working out in my favor. We made it to school. It wasn't as early as I wanted to get there, but we, we definitely made it. And I know, if I had rushed her to, things would have gone downhill, and she would have not easily gotten out the door, and we would have definitely been late and stressed. And you know what? It wasn't worth that. It wasn't worth losing the peace that we both had that morning.
So I found it interesting. The indigenous polynesian people of New Zealand, the Maori, have a word for autism, and it is taki wa tonga, which literally translates to in his or her own space and time. And I just think that is such a beautiful. A beautiful way to describe autism and to describe my Anna Marie, because she definitely experiences the world in her own space and time. And I. You know what? How even though this word is used to describe autism, how can we, do we experience the world in our own space and time?
I think we all do. I mean, I think that can apply to all of us and to the people, our loved ones, who we care for. You know, we are all going through life at a different pace, and we all have different things going on. And I think it's a nice, gentle reminder to give each other grace, to give everyone who we come encounter with grace, because we never know what people are going through and how they're experiencing the world. And I think we can give ourselves grace, too. We may not be where we thought we were going to be in this phase of life or during this time.
And you know what? And that's okay. We can experience life on our own time schedule. We don't have to be rushed. And we'll get there. We'll get there in our own space and time. Yes. Give each other grace. All right, you guys, I hope you have a wonderful Thursday, and I'm going to cheers you from my hug and a mug to yours. You guys take care and do your Thursday in your own space and time. Love you guys. Bye.
