Xochi
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Xochitl is pronounced Shochitl and means flower in Aztec (Nahuatl) but xochi means flower when combined with another word like coaxochi, etc. I am not Aztec, I am a WASp, but I live in the land home to many Nahuatl language tribes besides the Aztecs, Southern Arizona the north half of the Sonoron Desert, the most interesting, complicated desert in the world.
I am almost 74, but very healthy and young at heart. Married 48 years, 3 adult kids. I love dogs and have 3 big Chihuahuas who average 4.5 to 7 pounds. I am an obnoxious expert at a lot of things like dogs, pearls, Graham technique, and more.
I had a rough childhood because I was so sensitive to stimulation and would freak out with hissy fits when overstimulated or too much change happened. My parents were very structured and devoted a lot of time to teaching me basic manners. I graduated college with a degree in Anthropology, danced in a Graham-based company, spent time in the Haight Ashbury teaching dance at the local Haight theater, where I met hubby. Then 30 years later when retired from dance, back to school for a Masters in Counseling. Which was when I got evaluated at age 50 for Aspergers syndrome. It was 1994 and a very early after the DSMIV. I almost got kicked out of the counseling program when 4 students complained I was insensitive and self-centered, but the admin prevailed and I got sent for evaluation and then extra counseling and manners review. I learned a lot of rules and graduated with a 98th percentile on the exit exam. (way higher than the students who tried to kick me out of the counseling program).
I counseled mostly kids until retirement ten years later. Since retirement, I have pursued my favorite interests, plus I sew and do beadwork. I have become fairly competent academically at bipolar disorder and I am back in more counseling to bring insight into how bipolar and autism spectrums influence each other. As this topic has risen to be the central one at the moment, I think I may be here often for the nonce.
I am almost 74, but very healthy and young at heart. Married 48 years, 3 adult kids. I love dogs and have 3 big Chihuahuas who average 4.5 to 7 pounds. I am an obnoxious expert at a lot of things like dogs, pearls, Graham technique, and more.
I had a rough childhood because I was so sensitive to stimulation and would freak out with hissy fits when overstimulated or too much change happened. My parents were very structured and devoted a lot of time to teaching me basic manners. I graduated college with a degree in Anthropology, danced in a Graham-based company, spent time in the Haight Ashbury teaching dance at the local Haight theater, where I met hubby. Then 30 years later when retired from dance, back to school for a Masters in Counseling. Which was when I got evaluated at age 50 for Aspergers syndrome. It was 1994 and a very early after the DSMIV. I almost got kicked out of the counseling program when 4 students complained I was insensitive and self-centered, but the admin prevailed and I got sent for evaluation and then extra counseling and manners review. I learned a lot of rules and graduated with a 98th percentile on the exit exam. (way higher than the students who tried to kick me out of the counseling program).
I counseled mostly kids until retirement ten years later. Since retirement, I have pursued my favorite interests, plus I sew and do beadwork. I have become fairly competent academically at bipolar disorder and I am back in more counseling to bring insight into how bipolar and autism spectrums influence each other. As this topic has risen to be the central one at the moment, I think I may be here often for the nonce.
