In northern Dauphin County, amid the farms, small towns and scarcity of jobs, Julio "L.J." Reyes sets tables at a nursing home. It's not what his mother hoped for him at as he nears 21. But it's far better than the worst possibilities she imagined as cancer ravaged her and she knew she wouldn't be alive to help him. Eight years ago, L.J. and his mother, Helen Reyes, lived in an apartment in Harrisburg. Helen Reyes was single and dying of breast cancer. L.J. has Fragile X syndrome, an intellectual disability similar to autism. He'll probably never be able to fully provide for himself. His mother's final months were filled with worry over what would become of him. Helen Reyes dreamed of...
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