Posts by Jen Lee Reeves
What if… Project Unicorn Creation Excitement
Jordan and her design partner, Sam Hobish, met twice this week to keep plugging away at Project Unicorn. Last weekend, Jordan realized the most recent design plan wasn’t going to work out. I was worried it would leave Jordan down on this project. Luckily, the disappointment didn’t last long. Sam’s great attitude helped Jordan pivot…
Read More +Jordan Shares Her Project Unicorn Thoughts
Yesterday, I shared an update about how Jordan hit some snags in the building process for her latest 3D printed arm design. I know she was disappointed when she couldn’t find a way to bend the elbow based on the newest arm we have right now. After I posted the video we shot during the…
Read More +Good Ideas Don’t Always Work
Jordan learned about the process of making ideas into a reality earlier this year at the KIDmob Superhero Cyborg workshop. But it’s been a while since she hit a huge wall in the maker process. And we’ve most certainly hit a wall. Last week, Jordan got a new 3D printed design to try and make into…
Read More +A New Project Unicorn Prototype
Jordan continues to work on Project Unicorn with her design partner, Sam Hobish. They’re trying to figure out a way to take one of the newest 3D printed prosthetic designs and find ways to harness the little bit of movement at the base of Jordan’s little arm. Jordan and Sam met to talk through ideas…
Read More +What Happens After Your Kid Goes Viral
This past week was a bit nutty. I was finally home from a long month of travel, the kids had Spring Break and I was working from home when I came down with whatever evil germs the kids gave me. It was a nasty one. But while I was working on important work stuff in…
Read More +Keeping up with Project Unicorn
Ever since Jordan had a chance to spend almost a week in San Francisco with KIDmob and Autodesk to build her vision of a superhero that shoots sparkles from her arm, she’s shown a new version of confidence in her ability to create. Jordan says her superhero’s name is “Girl Blaster.” But our project still has…
Read More +3D Printing with Wonder Woman Power
The Born Just Right community is a stunning group of people. We are from all parts of the world. We have some type of touchpoint in the special needs world – especially limb differences. It’s given us a chance to peek into some amazing developments: From brain research on limb different adults to the growing…
Read More +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 +Finding Dory is a Huge Win for Limb Difference Kids
There’s a new Finding Dory trailer out today! The movie is the next installment from Disney Pictures and Pixar about Dory, Nemo and their friends. We are beyond excited about a limb different fish making his return to the big screen! The first Finding Nemo movie came out in 2003. Cameron was almost 14 months old, and we were focused on…
Read More +The Power of CrossFit
Jordan discovered CrossFit Kids during last summer’s Nubability Athletics camp. I’d heard of it before. I’d watched amazing athletes complete the unthinkable on social media. After Jordan spent time working with Nubability coach, Dave Newkirk, she told me she wanted to get serious. So Jordan started weekly workouts at a gym in our area that had invited her…
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