The SpecialMoms Parenting Magazine Issue 5 | Page 37

5. I highlight the medical food items on the receipt, place the receipt in the folder, and place
the highlighter and the folder back in my purse.
6. I arrive home and note the round trip mileage to
the market.

Please note: This article is not to be taken as medical or
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7. I go inside, put my food away, take out the receipt from the file folder, and place it in a medical food receipts file.
There are more steps to this. It wasn’t easy for me
to follow these steps at first, but once I got the hang
of it, I felt empowered. I developed other organizational systems for my son’s therapies and medical
products.
Mantra: Tax Season is every season for me. I will accept it and I will enjoy it.
The first tax year I applied that mantra and used
every non-reimbursable medical expense, I received several thousand additional dollars from my
tax return. I used part of that money for my son’s
future autism therapy expenses. I cried! It felt so
good to have control over something that used to
overwhelm me.
Just like anything in life that is difficult to do, once
you make it a habit, you will see and reap the benefits from it. I did, and I hope you will, too.

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