Posts Tagged ‘sports’
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 +A focus on sports and fitness
Fitness is something we think about a lot in Jordan’s world. We learned a long time ago that with a limb difference, it’s super important to keep her core strong. If your core is strong, your body will not have as many long term issues due to a limb difference. So sports and fitness is…
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 +A quiet blog means a crazy, busy household
This month has taken me out of my standard blogging loop. I try to post two or three times a week at the LEAST. But this month has pushed me over the edge. Let me show you some of the cool things we’ve been up to lately! First, Jordan’s official third grade picture arrived. She…
Read More +A cross country learning experience
I try to be in town for the most important things in my kids’ lives. But since I took a new job almost two years ago, I have missed a couple band concerts and a few school events. But most of the time, Randy is in town to help capture the moments so I don’t…
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 +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…
Read More +Taking Risks All the Time – Top Five Favorites
Over the past week, Jordan returned to softball practice and it made me think back to a bunch of different times when Jordan has surprised me by taking risks with her activities. Why not share my top five favorite risk taking moments so far in Jordan’s life? Here you go. Number 1: Rock climbing Jordan…
Read More +That Time of the Year
It’s that time of the year when all of Jordan and Cameron’s activities collide. Jordan has dance, physical therapy, piano, softball and all kinds of birthday parties scattered throughout this month. Each activity has a reason: Dance is something Jordan loves and it helps her work on her core strength, physical therapy is another important…
Read More +You can do anything you want, as long as you want it badly enough!
I’d love to introduce everyone to Sarah Johnson. She is new to writing for Born Just Right and I’m thrilled to have her join us with her one-handed perspective! ——– Running across this blog happened by chance. I was browsing the Nubability Athletics website searching for a way to get involved. That’s how I found…
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