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 +Best Kept Secret Award Nomination for Born Just Right
This website is my passion. I share our highs and lows and adventures as I continue to grow as a parent. My drive to help advocate for the limb difference community is because of you, my readers. I recently found out this website was nominated as a “Best Kept Secret” by a health activist website…
Read More +A Note to New Parents of A Born Just Right Baby
If you had to choose to give birth to child with a limb difference would you? Probably not. But every challenge our kids face are just that, a challenge. And even though I wouldn’t have asked for Jordan to have one hand and one elbow, I’m so happy to be Jordan’s mom and have her…
Read More +Swiffer is My New Favorite Brand
Have you seen it yet? An actor with a limb difference who lost a portion of his arm to cancer is featured in a national Swiffer commercial. It’s SUPER cool. I’m so excited. I’ve heard people talking about this commercial, but I hadn’t seen it yet. Thanks to Michael for finding it and sharing it…
Read More +An Interesting Discovery During Therapy
Jordan’s occupational therapist and I discovered something a few weeks ago during a session. We had added yoga poses into her life and when we introduced a simple toe-touching stretch. Jordan complained it was really hard. I figured she was pretending. Toe touching for me is so easy. How can it be difficult for an…
Read More +Jumping into the New Year with a Challenge
I am never motivated to run in the winter… Until now. This week, I’m taking the family to Walt Disney World to experience our first Marathon Weekend. I’m running in the half marathon while Jordan and Cameron run in a one mile kids race (mainly because the 5K sold out before I thought about signing…
Read More +Born Just Right's 2013 In Review
Wow. I’m not making this up. 2013 was full of wow. Jordan kicked it off with a Disney trip and visit to North Carolina with her triplet cousins. After that she won a big award, traveled to all kinds of super cool places. She got a brand new helper arm and got to be a…
Read More +With Many Thanks
Jordan’s birthday was a huge success. Not only did she have a day full of love and gifts, you donated enough to her Camp No Limits Fundraiser to send four kids to camp! Camp is $500 per camper and your donations make a huge difference. Jordan loves camp so much, she’s decided when she has…
Read More +Happy 8th Birthday Jordan!
Eight years. How is that possible? Eight years ago today, Miss Jordan arrived in this world after days of labor. We knew we wanted a second child in our world but we had no idea how she would bring so much into our lives. In these eight years, Jordan has grown into a very confident…
Read More +Each Person Makes an Impact at Camp No Limits
I can’t say enough about the families and camp volunteers who make Camp No Limits so special. With one day until Jordan’s birthday, today is the day to share the number one reason to donate to camp: Yay! Each person who attends camp makes the camp special. Camp No Limits is a success because each…
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