Ten Percent Rule

Randy threw this one at me and I think he may be right… I just don’t spend time dwelling on it:

Ten percent of parents are totally cool with being around Jordan. They don’t care she’s missing some of her arm and they just know she’s a kid and it’s obvious her family loves her. 90 percent of parents don’t know what to do so they just kind of ignore the family’s existence.

That sucks. But it’s true. Randy noticed the 10 percent rule while at swimming lessons yesterday. I think he’s right. I wish I could move that to the 90 percent rule but I don’t think our culture can handle that.

Speaking of noticing differences… Some of Jordan’s friends from school who are six months older started asking me about Jordan’s arm. She was wearing a prosthetic that day and we all talked about how Jordan has a smaller arm and the prosthetic helps Jordan get strong. Both kids showed me how they have a big arm. It was sweet and non-judgmental. That made me realize that we’re probably only six months away from letting Jordan speak for herself. Six months. That’s mind boggling.