{"id":1357,"date":"2011-08-06T01:42:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T01:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2011-08-06T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T15:43:37","slug":"smelling-salts-would-be-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=1357","title":{"rendered":"Smelling Salts Would Be Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All I know, which isn&#8217;t much, mind you, is that if you had told me that, 16 years from the date of my marriage, I would be registering my son for high school &#8212; well, I&#8217;d have been shocked.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I don&#8217;t know if the smelling salts would be required just for that initial nugget of information.<\/p>\n<p>But, if I&#8217;d been told that, these guys would be coming my way&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/98.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1359\" title=\"98\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/98-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/98-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/98-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/98.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>followed by this little buster, 4 years later,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/766792-R1-005-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1358\" title=\"766792-R1-005-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/766792-R1-005-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/766792-R1-005-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/766792-R1-005-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/766792-R1-005-1.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>well, the possessor of the smelling salts would be needing to have them handy.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if you told me that the oldest one, the one I&#8217;d be registering for high school on my 16th anniversary, would also have autism, well, I might have uttered, &#8220;You mean like <em>Rainman<\/em>?!!!!!!!!!!??&#8221; before slumping to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why it is good that we don&#8217;t know what is in front of us. \u00a0Because we could never, ever know how great and hard life can be, even (maybe especially?) the unimagined parts.<\/p>\n<p>High school registration will never be my favorite memory, that is for sure. \u00a0Though, I&#8217;m already laughing about it which is, I suppose, a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>All I know is that I love my guys&#8230;.especially this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1214.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1360\" title=\"IMG_1214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1214-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1214-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1214-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Life is wonderful and funny, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday, y&#8217;all!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All I know, which isn&#8217;t much, mind you, is that if you had told me that, 16 years from the date of my marriage, I would be registering my son for high school &#8212; well, I&#8217;d have been shocked. 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