To all the parents who have walked through the guardianship process — my heart is with you. Our paperwork is prepped and ready to submit this week. He turns 18 on April 3rd. I've been thinking about this for a year now, but only just mustered the energy to move forward — the loom of his birthday my propellant. Overwhelm has paralyzing effect. I'm struggling to recall the last time I didn't feel overwhelmed. It struck me how all these years of walking through disability beside Trevor should have made me stronger and yet... I suppose it's a different kind of muscle being developed.
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sharon
I have one friend in particular who we would just bust out laughing about some of the interesting things (and peeps we encountered) through out the week, and we would both say "awww, we shouldn't be talking/laughing about this".
Then...in the same breath, we would decide that we hope someone was "talking" about us, and meant it!