american girl
Comments Inside our American Girl Petition
Almost 5,000 signatures? Seriously? Our campaign is growing rapidly. I’m so proud to see so many people supporting the idea of offering a limb difference doll option at American Girl. We have yet to catch American Girl or Mattel’s attention. As I wrote at the start of this campaign, it’s going to take more than the…
Read More +American Girl: Check Out Our Dolls
We just hit 2,000 signatures in our petition to American Girl! We have to keep going for the company to hear our request to include a limb difference option with its Truly Me dolls. Jordan and I are really excited to share how Yahoo Health reported about our petition. How cool is that? To keep the…
Read More +The Power of our Networks
Our personal networks are powerful. If we rally all of them together, we can make an impact. That’s what is very possible as we work to catch American Girl’s attention with our Change.org petition. We’re so close to 1,000 signatures! Since launching the campaign, I’ve had some wonderful people reach out to me with some…
Read More +A Doll Like Me
For years, we’ve talked about dolls on this website. Dolls are something Jordan has always loved and she continues to enjoy. (Along with a serious love for Beanie Boo stuffed animals.) One doll that means a lot to Jordan is her custom-made limb difference doll, “Little Boo.” Her sweet doll was made by a woman who knows…
Read More +A doll just like Jordan
For years, Jordan has talked about wanting a doll that has a little arm just like her. It started as a topic of discussion when she was four-years-old and realized her American Girl doll didn’t look like her. The realization made Jordan sad. I even reached out to American Girl and the company will not make…
Read More +Disney, American Girl, Legos, Oh My!
This past weekend was full of family, friends and many big brands. It’s kind of wacky how busy and fun filled we packed into less than 72 hours. The fun started when I got an email from Disney saying I moved into the second round in the search for members of the Disney Parks Moms…
Read More +Why Can't American Girl Create Limb Difference Dolls?
Four years ago, we bought Jordan’s first American Girl doll. It was a Bitty Baby and I even let her pick out an outfit that matched her baby. She loved it SO much. But the very first time she put on the outfit that matched, she told me she wished she had two hands like…
Read More +A sweet girly experience
A while back, I planned a trip to Chicago in May with Jordan and my mom while we built a new helper arm for Jordan. Unfortunately we had to reschedule. And life being the way it is, my mom wasn’t able to join us on the second attempt to fit in a prosthetic building experience.…
Read More +Interesting juggle
So we wore the new arm today — I decided to have Jordan wear her new bouncy hand — low pressure and simple to put on. Jordan didn’t like that I made her wear it, but I wanted to see when it’s helpful and when it’s in the way. My first note: She can pound…
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