Softball Season Returns with Speed

After a few weeks of practice and a rain delay, Jordan finally had a chance to play her first softball game of the season. She’s playing for the coach pitch Dragonflies team. If she sticks with this, next year is the start of kid pitch. (That’s when things get serious.) Jordan loves this sport. She…

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Speed Lightning on the Field

Jordan is fast. She has a sprint like no other little kid I know. While I like to run at a slow and steady pace, Jordan has power. She shows it off during each of her softball games. Somehow, I caught her flying during her game over the weekend. Softball is a challenging sport for…

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Dressed Up, Ready to Play and Testing Us

This post is not officially approved by Jordan… But I feel the need to share a parenting perspective from the view of a parent of an incredibly strong and confident kid… With or without a limb difference. Anyone who has spent time with me lately will know that Jordan has been testing our patience lately.…

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Learning It's Okay to Fail

Jordan is in her first year in coach pitch softball. After two years of really fun t-ball, this is a little different. Pitches aren’t always perfect and sometimes you may not hit the ball. As a kid with a limb difference, Jordan has had to try and try and try on so many things. She…

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Meeting Hayden Filson

A while back I went on a rant about the way the media covers limb differences… Some Illinois media outlets reported on a “one armed” high school softball player. If you watch the video, you quickly see how Hayden Filson has TWO ARMS and one hand. It put me on a media rant that has…

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VIDEO: Play ball!

Jordan is officially a softball player and she loves it. She’s played three games in the last week and a half and is enjoying every moment. She’s working really hard at catching the ball with her glove and then throwing it. Sometimes she moves the glove under her arm to throw, other times she throws…

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Giving it a try

Before we ran off to our yearly vacation, Jordan finished her first t-ball season. She wasn’t a stranger to the baseball fields. She’s attended her brother’s games since she was a baby. It was fun to give her a chance to play. What I didn’t expect was she would like it so much. Catching the…

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The T-Ball Experience

When I signed Jordan up for t-ball, I thought she’d like it… but just a little. She’s had to attend so many games for her brother, it just seemed right for her to have a chance to play herself. So I signed her up. She wasn’t that impressed during practice but ever since her first…

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Learning about others

In my quest to take more time to think about all kinds of ways I can help the kids learn about diversity, I made a point of taking the kids to a couple of events in town this past week. Last Friday, Cameron’s (and soon to be Jordan’s) school held an International Day. Each year…

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She's a baseball player

Last night was Jordan’s first t-ball game as a player. She’s attended many games… Ever since she was tiny, she’s attended games for her brother. But now it’s her turn. I had a lot of people ask me how she was going to play. She has a tiny pink bat and she’s swinging it super…

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