Two Hands Are Not For Everyone
My journey with prosthetics started with I was five months old. My parents knew that I was going to need to learn how to crawl, and realized early on that I would need a prosthetic limb in order to do so without major difficulty. They took me to Shiners Hospital in Chicago and had me…
Read More +Trying to Make Teeth Brushing Fun
This paid post is brought to you by the new free Oral-B Disney Timer App as part of a Type-A Parent Community Sponsored Post. Tooth brushing has never been so important in our household. Jordan has more and more grown up teeth and Cameron has braces. It’s so important to make sure the kids brush…
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 +Finding Community When It Is Everywhere
I’ve mentioned a few times before how I founded Born Just Right because I didn’t have many resources when Jordan was born. All I had was my doctor using the term “amniotic band syndrome” and sent me on my way after we left the hospital. We knew Jordan’s joints were loose (they still are) and…
Read More +Music Continues to Rock
Jordan is now into her second semester of piano. It is so cool to watch her figure this out. Her teacher has been so cool about helping Jordan learn how to read music for the right and left hand. She has found a consistent collection of beginner music that only needs one note at a…
Read More +BEARS Fun For All and Tickets for St. Louis
There are two things you will easily find our family doing when we are crashed out on the couch together – We’re either watching a Disney movie or a nature show on TV. It’s super cool when those two things merge… Like with the new movie, Bears. Disneynature releases the movie on Earth Day, April…
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 +A St. Louis Running Adventure
Jordan is lucky enough to go to a school with a committed running club. We meet before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This year, Jordan signed up for two big challenges: To participate in three 5K races during the school year and run enough miles to match a full marathon. So far, Jordan has participated…
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…
Read More +A One-Handed Pep Talk
In the last month, Jordan has spoken twice about her limb difference to kids and adults. It’s pretty impressive. A few weeks ago, Cameron’s basketball coach asked me if Jordan would be willing to talk about living with a limb difference and how it doesn’t hold her back. He hoped she could help motivate the…
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