{"id":575,"date":"2016-01-10T19:14:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T19:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2016-01-10T19:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T19:14:23","slug":"lingering-as-lights-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/10\/lingering-as-lights-fade\/","title":{"rendered":"Lingering, as lights fade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xmas-tree-lights-only-011016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xmas-tree-lights-only-011016.jpg\" alt=\"xmas tree lights only 011016\" width=\"1162\" height=\"2000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-577\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI hate putting away the Xmas tree. After an hour of doing it solo while the hubby works and the boys amuse themselves with nearby computer and video I although time&#8217;s up,I fear &#8211; I&#8217;m letting the mind wander to that other transition I fear, and that&#8217;s my most important priority for a while.  <\/p>\n<p>Transition to adult services.  Here at day 72 prior to the boys&#8217; 22n birthday, as rain makes me introspective &#8211; I want the sparkle, the trees and the sense that life is one big present to stay, just a little longer. I want to treat my guys as special, not disabled.  To consider their growth as education, not service &#8211; as is the name of what they&#8217;ll receive to replace their IEP.  To care for the cultivation of their ability to contribute to society every bit as much as in the 21 years before this day.<\/p>\n<p>Who said adults don&#8217;t learn?  I certainly do, and hope we all do.  <\/p>\n<p>But for now, for today &#8211; let there be just one more twinkling light &#8211; one delight over a skill I didn&#8217;t know they knew &#8211; a nibble of candy that was forgotten &#8211; another hug and I love you. When the boxes go back in the attic, let me focus on a rearranged room, freed up with space for more and different furniture &#8211; a new kind of living area for opportunities that are themselves gifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate putting away the Xmas tree. After an hour of doing it solo while the hubby works and the boys amuse themselves with nearby computer and video I although time&#8217;s up,I fear &#8211; I&#8217;m letting the mind wander to that other transition I fear, and that&#8217;s my most important priority for a while. Transition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinmommeetsautism.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}