there are little things that our mom does for us sometimes that I dont think she necessarily realizes would be accommodating for our sensory issues and meltdowns and general autism shit but its still special to us regardless
when she makes hot pockets for both of us she specifically puts ours in the air fryer instead of the microwave because she picked up on us preferring the texture of an air fried pocket. when we have headphones on she taps us instead of trying to speak over our music. she gives us specific instructions when she wants us to do something when we seem confused about what she asked for. I dont even know if she does these things purposefully or if its just become second nature by now
its comforting knowing that our mom, who we went a large portion of our life not being able to be around despite desperately wanting to, has learned our behaviors, preferences, and ways of thinking before our grandparents did, who were quite literally the ones who raised us. thats our mama and she will always be our first source of comfort no matter how absent she was forced to be in our childhood. she had her personal fuck ups but shes always been a damn good parent in spite of them and its something we cherish about her
