VIDEO: Santa's Message to Jordan
It’s that time of the year when Santa is excellent leverage for good behavior. It seems to be working with Jordan. She and her brother have gotten along this week… They held hands, they played games together. Heck, the read a couple of books together. These things do not normally happen without the idea of…
Read More +Snow Play with a New Addition
My return home from a week-long work trip included a much snowier town than what I had left. Luckily, it stuck around long enough for me to enjoy some snow time with the kids. We live on a hill and when it’s super snowy, few people use our street. It is usually one of the…
Read More +Performing Piano for the First Time
I flew home into a snowy St. Louis scene on Saturday after a bit of a flight delay with one goal: Get to the kids to see their holiday piano recital. This was a pretty big deal because Jordan has never performed on the piano in public before. The recital was a holiday show for…
Read More +Little Moments Missed
I’m away again for work this week, and I had to leave the kids before our season’s first snow. We are incredibly lucky to have neighbors who were willing to juggle our kids with theirs while Randy and I were out of town. (I was leaving and Randy was working his way home after a…
Read More +Flashback Friday: Preparing for Preschool
I talk to so many parents about getting ready for new school environments for their kids with limb differences. Since Jordan is almost eight, I’ve really focused on how to prepare for Kindergarten and years after that. But I have older posts here on Born Just Right that talk about Jordan’s experience in preschool. I…
Read More +Many Reasons to Say Thanks
We are a week into Jordan’s birthday campaign to raise money for Camp No Limits… And in this short amount of time, we are incredibly close to sending a third child to camp. We’re only $159 away! Last week, we hadn’t even raised enough for a second child. Your support is incredible. What’s more incredible…
Read More +Sharing Born Just Right in the Newspaper
I am pretty excited to share an article about Jordan and our work here on Born Just Right. Not only have I had a chance to help Jordan grow and make connections in the limb difference world, I feel super blessed to be able to help many other parents of limb different kids… and even…
Read More +Everyone Is Beautiful
You’ve probably seen the catalogue that used limb different women and other models who don’t match what is considered the “typical” look of a model. It’s been passed down to me time and time again and I love it. Yesterday was International Day of Persons with Disabilities and a German organization called Pro Infirmis launched a…
Read More +Why #GivingTuesday is Great for Camp No Limits
Move over Black Friday and Cyber Monday… It’s #GivingTuesday! And it’s a perfect chance for Jordan to share why she thinks Camp No Limits is special. This is her third year raising money so other children can attend camp. We are lucky to get funding from a county program. So every penny we raise goes…
Read More +Jordan's Camp No Limits Birthday Celebration
As we jump into the holiday season feet first, it’s also ONE MONTH before Jordan turns eight years old. This year is the third year Jordan has decided she wants to celebrate her birthday by raising money for Camp No Limits. Last year, we were much further ahead in our fundraising. This year, we’re very…
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