Posts Tagged ‘basketball’
An Unexpected Basketball Season
We all carry a lot of assumptions in our life based on the perceptions we’ve gathered as we grow up. Every once and a while, those perceptions change. Mine changed while watching Jordan talking to a student journalist about basketball. Through the years, Jordan has grown incredibly fond of basketball. She loves playing aggressive defense and…
Read More +Looking up to Zach Hodskins
Basketball is a big part of our life during this time of the year. Jordan loves the challenge. She loves being on defense. She is starting to understand the intricacies of the game. She’s grown a lot as a player. I also knew there are mentors in the basketball world. I met Kevin Laue in late…
Read More +A new one-handed basketball season
“That little girl with one hand can really play,” exclaimed a man sitting a few seats down from me during Jordan’s first game of the season. I was beaming with pride. Jordan is a basketballer. She really is. And I’m proud of how she played in her first game of the season. Jordan worked to get…
Read More +Learning to play from limb different coaches
This summer was jam-packed with a combination of family and work trips. It’s a bit overwhelming to think all of the adventures we’ve enjoyed in between the times I’ve focused on my teleworking job. Since we are so busy every summer, I wasn’t able to schedule Nubability Athletics‘ summer camp. Until this year! Jordan has focused…
Read More +Learning to Say Thank You
We are an active family. There is dance and sports and piano and travel and all kinds of little things in between. I rarely stop and think how our family might look to others watching. The families we see each week who also attend dance class. Or the families attending a sports practice or game.…
Read More +Shooting Hoops with One Hand
This weekend is Jordan’s first ever official basketball game. Snow and illness has prevented her from playing on previous weekends. She’s playing with all kinds of girls around her age. None of them have a ton of experience playing basketball so it’s super awesome to watch them play. Basketball is probably the most challenging sport…
Read More +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 +Busy sports fun
We fell into two wonderful sports events this weekend… And Miss Jordan was pretty willing to pay attention to both… Even though I had a hard time capturing a good picture of her at the basketball game! After a late night at the basketball game, we had a chance to go out early in the…
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