Hi everyone.
Guess what. We're having Erik visit us this weekend! Erik's summer visits have a slow pace. Everything slows down when Erik is here, which is ok.
The last few times he visited his physical needs were confusing. His nighttime schedule was also confusing. I'm getting better at not worrying about the little things. things like: will he be ok at night? will he find the bathroom? still need to buy night-lights. Last time he was here we asked him to wear incontinence underwear and he agreed. I'm hoping he will again.
We know to expect flexibility on our part only because Erik's age makes it so. When I called his group home recently to see how he was doing I was told he's been "agitated". One night last week he barged out of his room over to the other group home in anger. They couldn't figure out why. It's hard for me to not know what he was upset about. God knows and he loves him.
This weekend my hope is to see if we can get him laughing, really laughing, play music he'll sing along with, take care of any grooming needs, and pour out lots of love on him.
It's hot as it can be here in Texas, and doing anything outside is torturous. however.... Erik loves to swim (and, of course, eat) so hopefully our pool will be just the ticket.
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