Beth and I toured the adult family home on Friday.
It's about 25 minutes from our house and part way there I asked her if she wanted to listen to a CD. One of her favorites is The Greatest Showman so we put that on. Just as we're pulling up to the house This Is Me came on. That is her favorite song from that show. We got there a few minutes early so we sat in the car and listened to it. And we sang along. 😊
I admit I began to tear up thinking about her moving out, plus I knew she was nervous so I was nervous for her. But I dried my tears, we both took a deep breath and we headed to the front door.
The owner E, welcomed us in and introduced us to the four residents and the caregivers. If Beth moves in here, she'll be the only one with Down Syndrome. But she told me later that she does recognize a couple of them from bowling so that was good.
Then she began to show us around the house, it's a lot bigger than it looks from the outside. We got to peek into some of the rooms of the other residents, all of them were decorated differently. They were very personal to each person and I liked that. The last stop was the empty bedroom. Beth and I began to talk about where her furniture would go, what would fit and what wouldn't. Then E asked her if she liked it and she said, "Oh yeah!"
We stood out in the living room for a couple minutes talking with everyone, then I gave E a hug and thanked her for the tour and all the information. When Beth gave her a hug, she put her arms around her and put her head on E's shoulder. It was such a sweet moment.
We went to Chick-fil-a for a late lunch and I asked her, "What were you thinking about while we were in the house?"
She thought for quite a few seconds and then said, "I was thinking, 'I like it.'"
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