Posts Tagged ‘april11’
Silliness in our household
The kids broke out into dance during dinner tonight. Seriously. Some of the funniest stuff I’ve seen in a while.
Read More +Awesome fifth grader!
Ever since I started taking Jordan to Camp No Limits in 2009, I’ve heard stories about Nick. He’s a boy from Maine who does not have hands or forearms and is missing a portion of one of his legs. Nick met Occupational Therapist Mary Leighton when he was little. She helped create the camp to…
Read More +It isn't always all about Jordan
It’s kinda hard to be five years old and not the center of all attention. This past weekend Miss Jordan joined the rest of the family as we celebrated her brother’s birthday in Kansas City. Jordan was not on her best behavior… Mainly because she wasn’t the focus. Also, I think it’s because she shared…
Read More +How do I throw?
That’s what Jordan asked as we drove to t-ball practice last night. She was admiring her pink catcher’s mitt that I bought a couple of years ago to let her join in on the fun while her brother played ball. I let her know all she had to do was take her mitt off and…
Read More +Looking at the future
I’m really interested in the many changes in prosthetics as the military invests in tools to help support soldiers who lost limbs in Iraq or Afghanistan. When Jordan was very young, I reached out to a researcher named Todd Kuiken who was working on bionics in Chicago. He told me that he was certain prosthetics…
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