Sports
There are always stares
Jordan jumped into a new sport last night. She’s giving basketball a try for the first time. She’s very excited about this new sport and I didn’t really think about how another new environment means new kids, new stares and a whole new group of people to teach how limb differences aren’t a big deal.…
Read More +Trying something new
Jordan’s brother, Cameron, tried a new sport this spring: Track. He’s a distance runner who is learning about sprinting. It’s an interesting new experience and he part likes it and part feels exhausted by it. But because it’s new, it had Jordan interested in the experience even though she’s on a softball team. Since we’re…
Read More +Rally for Bailee
This morning, one of my former students shared a link to a story his newsroom produced about an eight-year-old named Bailee Iorg. She was born with a limb difference that led to an amputation of her foot when she was four months old. She started gymnastics a year ago and now she’d like to start…
Read More +Play Ball… Again!
It’s that time of year… It’s kind of cold but Jordan is jumping into a new softball season. This is her third year playing ball and she’s extra motivated this year. After meeting with Hayden Filson last fall and learning how to really play one-handed softball, Jordan is extra excited. Today, Jordan had a chance to meet…
Read More +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…
Read More +Soccer season in full force
Jordan decided to make a grand return to soccer this fall. The strange thing is Jordan is totally on the fence between liking it and disliking it. It started out with a chance to practice soccer with the bigger kids each week. She always has fun but feels timid right before they start. Fast forward…
Read More +Meet Jordan the triathlete!
That’s right! Jordan and her brother competed in their first triathlon this morning. We’ve been very busy and didn’t actually train for the event, but that didn’t intimidate either kid! Jordan had to swim 25 yards, bike half a mile and run a quarter of a mile. Her brother swam 100 yards, bike 3 miles…
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