{"product_id":"9781458221285","title":"Midnight Confessions: The World as Seen Through the Eyes of an Autistic Poet with Ms","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Midnight Confessions, poet Joy Olree, a self-described autistic poet with MS, presents a collection of user-friendly verse reflecting on her experiences with the world and her readings and studies of the Bible. She offers her opinions on a wide range of topics and invites disagreement and discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Midnight Confessions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e In the twinkling of an eye they came, the memory snatchers.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFirst it was the short-term memories, then the medium ones.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs time went by, more memories seem to leave, but she never\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eforgot her God and she never did not pray. I put my hand on\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eher bed as she breathed her last breath. I prayed, “Thank you,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLord, for making it possible for me to be there.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e As I sit here in the lighted room, the dark outside, I miss my\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003estepmom. Tomorrow is Christmas, a time of celebration, and I\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ethink to myself, Do I have anything to celebrate? Most of my\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003efamily has died. I still have the children and the grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI guess I am blessed, and is that not the way of life? Us older\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003efolks die, and the young take our place, unless there is some\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eunforeseen unexpected tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e But I have much to be thankful for this Christmas. See, because\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eof my decision to take care of my stepmom at the nursing home,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI now have a new set of friends. A nursing home full of friends.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThank you, stepmom and God, for making this possible. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMerry Christmas and a happy New Year, humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbott Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143461781744,"sku":"9781458221285","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781458221285_p0.jpg?v=1763867069","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781458221285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}