NH Chronicle: Home at Last: Erik

WHEN HE FINDS HIS HOME AT LAST. THAT’S ME. OKAY. WHAT. IT’S AN EPIC DAY FOR ERIC RUNNING AS FAST AS HIS LEGS CAN CARRY HIM INTO STORAGE LAND. THIS FIVE. OH OH WOW. RARE FAIRY TALES COME TRUE. A LAND OF LITTLE DREAMERS. AND THIS NINE YEAR OLD HAS A BIG ONE. ERIC WANTS TO FIND HIS OWN FOREVER FAMILY ON. YO. THIS IS THE PERFECT SPOT FROM VISITING GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS TO THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. ERIC ADORES STORIES HE’S WRITING AND READING THEM, EVEN THE MOTHER GOOSE IS IMPRESSED. HE LOVES READING. HE STARTS HIS DAY OUT READING A BOOK. IT’S LIKE HE’S JUST TAKING IN ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE JOY HE CAN FROM. FROM EVERY PAGE. LIKE, I THINK THAT’S JUST HOW HE IS, LIKE IN LIFE IN GENERAL. BRIDGET IS HELPING ERIC FIND HIS ADOPTIVE FAMILY. HE’S GOT SO MUCH LOVE HAVING A PERMANENT FAMILY AND A HOME ENVIRONMENT. IT’S JUST GOING TO DEEPEN ALL OF THAT FOR HIM. OH. HE’S SO LOVING AND SO LOVABLE TO ONE. WE HAD SO MUCH LOVE AND JOY. I THINK HE FINDS JOY IN EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN, WHEREVER HE CAN FIND IT. THEY’RE SO CUTE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE RIGHT FAMILY REALIZES THAT ERIC BELONGS WITH THEM, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE LUCKY ONES TO BE A PART OF HIS STORY. ERIC LOVES TO GET LOST IN A STORY, BUT NOT IN STORY LAND. WE’RE RIGHT HERE. WE ARE. IS THERE A CLOCK NEAR? YOU’RE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS CLOCK. WE NEED SLUSHIES. OKAY, QUICK SLUSHIE. STOP. YOU GOT TO DO IT THEN. ON TO THE NEXT ADVENTURE ROLLER COASTER. HERE WE COME. WE RIDE THE ROLLER COASTER WITH QUIET CONFIDENCE. OKAY. MORE LIKE LOUD AND PROUD AND HAVING A GIGGLING GOOD TIME. WHOA. ALL ABOARD. OUR NEXT RIDE, A WHISTLE STOP TOUR OF THE PARK WITH THE RIVER. ADVENTURE HEAD ON DOWN TO BUCCANEER BAY. WHERE YOU BEEN? THE LEAD OFF? I’VE WATCHED THE CHANGES AND. AND IT’S BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE HIM OPENING UP AND TRUSTING THE WORLD AND TRUSTING PEOPLE IN THIS WAY. BUT THE THING THAT STANDS OUT FOR ME THE MOST IS HIS COMPASSION TOWARDS OTHERS. IT IS SO SENSITIVITY TOWARDS OTHERS. PATIENCE HAS GOTTEN TO KNOW ERIC OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. HE HAS THIS HUGE HEART. OH, THAT’S THE ROLLER COASTER WE WERE ON. YOU SEE IT IF YOU COULD WRITE ERIC’S STORY, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT CHAPTER? THE NEXT CHAPTER WOULD BE HE WOULD FIND A FAMILY WHERE HE CAN STEP OUT INTO THE WORLD AND AND LEARN HOW TO DO THAT WITH THAT FOUNDATION OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE IN HIS LIFE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. HOW WILL HE GO IN THAT ACTIVE BUT OTHERWISE, YES, ERIC STEERS US TO THE NEXT RIDE. HE CAN’T WAIT TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL. LET’S GO THE BUMPY ROAD. WOW. YOU LOOK AT YOU. YOU’RE DRIVING. WHOA! OH, YOU GOT THIS. PUT IT IN PARK. ERIC IS HEADED STRAIGHT TO TOWN HALL. I AM RIGHT HERE. AND SMILE. READY TO. HE EARNED HIS STORYLINE AND DRIVER’S LICENSE. I WANT TO GET A PICTURE. THAT BELL. SO MANY STORYBOOK MEMORIES FOR ERIC TO TAKE WITH HIM TO SOMEDAY SHARE IN HIS HOME. AT LAST. YEAH.