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nding New Year’s Eve in prison, and my younger self would have felt like that if I was spending New Year’s Eve at home. I would have felt like that was the biggest sin that I could do. It was almost as if I was punishing myself and not leaving the year without partying all night long.</p><p id="f535">Do I miss it?</p><p id="f824">To some degree, I do; maybe not the wild partying, but going out to a place and watching the ball drop, I do. Once in a while, I think about my life before being a single parent and think of the freedoms that I used to have. It is not easy for me to get a night out anymore or have a social life.</p><p id="c6f7">I look at my present respon

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sibility, and it is my two boys. If I took off on New Year’s Eve, they would wonder where I was and why I wasn’t spending it with them.</p><p id="ef30">What will I do this New Year’s Eve?</p><p id="49c5">It will depend on my kids and how they are doing. When dealing with two teenage boys with special needs, everything is moment to moment.</p><p id="2081">If I get alone time, you will find me reflecting in my solitude for the evening, waiting to see what 2024 will bring to me.</p><p id="acc5">While at times it might feel like I am a prisoner in my own home, I do have the freedom to make my mark in the world. I intend to do that in the new year.</p></article></body>

I Have Been Found Guilty! I Am Spending New Year’s Eve In Prison!

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Today, I was found guilty! That’s right! I have been convicted!

Like so many, I have to spend New Year’s Eve in the prison of my own home! I have to reflect and take the time to think about what I did!

What did I do to bring fulfillment in my life? What could I have done better?

I think back to that statement about spending New Year’s Eve in prison, and my younger self would have felt like that if I was spending New Year’s Eve at home. I would have felt like that was the biggest sin that I could do. It was almost as if I was punishing myself and not leaving the year without partying all night long.

Do I miss it?

To some degree, I do; maybe not the wild partying, but going out to a place and watching the ball drop, I do. Once in a while, I think about my life before being a single parent and think of the freedoms that I used to have. It is not easy for me to get a night out anymore or have a social life.

I look at my present responsibility, and it is my two boys. If I took off on New Year’s Eve, they would wonder where I was and why I wasn’t spending it with them.

What will I do this New Year’s Eve?

It will depend on my kids and how they are doing. When dealing with two teenage boys with special needs, everything is moment to moment.

If I get alone time, you will find me reflecting in my solitude for the evening, waiting to see what 2024 will bring to me.

While at times it might feel like I am a prisoner in my own home, I do have the freedom to make my mark in the world. I intend to do that in the new year.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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