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Happy Birthday to My Son, Forever 21

How Wonderful It Is That Nobody Need to Wait a Single Moment Before Starting to Improve the World — Anne Frank

Kimberlee Jakobe
ILLUMINATION
Published in
8 min readMay 25, 2023

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Kaleb Aaron, the photo is the property of the author, Kimberlee Jakobe

Who Will Fight for Those Who Cannot Fight for Themselves?

As the clock strikes midnight, the door to adulthood swings open wide, granting entry to a world of celebration and newfound freedom. On their twenty-first birthday, many stand at the threshold of an exciting new era of life, with the right to buy alcohol, enter clubs, and take control of their destiny.

As his 21st birthday approached, Kaleb had reached the age where he would no longer be eligible for support services in Georgia, and I had exhausted all other solutions. We sold everything we owned, purchased a used RV, and left for California to seek resources and help to care for Kaleb.

We were medical refugees of a Red state looking for hope in a Blue state.

Kaleb was born with dazzling red hair and a personality like no other! He was intelligent and happy, with deep brown eyes that saw straight to the heart of what mattered.

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