- Jun 12, 2015
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i had the greatest week of my daughters softball career on sunday last. my dd plays 14u though she is 12 in softball years and we played up to 16u. her team beat the team expected to win the tourney and then...heres the proud parent moment....they forfeited their next game bc they had a special needs game to play. our org has a special needs game every year and it happened to conflict with our schedule. maybe the coach thought we would not do as well as we did nevertheless not 1 child nor parent complained bc they understood the importance of this game to people whos children cannot hit, run, steal or pitch above the level of what we would think a 3 year old child could do. it was magnificent, watching our athletes push the wheel chairs to first, helping the other team steal bases, hit the ball, enjoy the game. i am in complete awe to see our girls give back. it was incredibly humbling. it really put things in to perspective for the girls and the parents as well. i honestly believe we got more out of this game than had we stayed at the tourney and competed for a plastic trophy. if anyone who reads this has the opportunity to participate in one of these fantastic events...please for your own good do so.
Teaching them what's important. I love it.