Article about Junior in the local paper today - you can see why he is my hero.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/108-05192005-491450.html
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What a great article, a special person you have there. Thanks for sharing YOUR story!
Best of luck to him. The people I admire most in this world are those who never sit around feeling sorry for themselves but go out and get the job done!
Best of luck to him. The people I admire most in this world are those who never sit around feeling sorry for themselves but go out and get the job done!
"I just love to be out there with my friends, competing and playing," he said. "And as long as I'm able to, I'm going to do it."
Pretty much says it all to me......maybe I can think one other word for him...........hero.......and we all need heros....
Pretty much says it all to me......maybe I can think one other word for him...........hero.......and we all need heros....
Windmill
He is a credit to you and the Mrs.
He is a credit to you and the Mrs.
As a coach you wish every kid had the love and desire to play that this young man has. Too many take it for granted and when they are up against it complain or blame others for their shortcomings.
He pretty much has always looked at the glass as half full. When they gave him the diagnosis - he asked, "Am I going to die?" when told the answer was most definitely "NO" his next question was "Will we get home in time for my game tonight?"
A pilonidal cyst formed on his butt in the fall - it became abcessed and they had to sew in a drain. The day they sewed it in, he had a JV football game - first series, naturally he gets dumped by a guy listed as 275#. Of course you know where he landed -- a la' Forrest Gump - "Directly on the buttocks". he played the whole season with that drain, and a couple times had to explain the basketball-sized blood stain on his skivvies. He's lucky his teammates are pretty good about it - they rag on him just like anyone else that does something embarrassing. He gives as good as he gets - all part of being a kid.
A pilonidal cyst formed on his butt in the fall - it became abcessed and they had to sew in a drain. The day they sewed it in, he had a JV football game - first series, naturally he gets dumped by a guy listed as 275#. Of course you know where he landed -- a la' Forrest Gump - "Directly on the buttocks". he played the whole season with that drain, and a couple times had to explain the basketball-sized blood stain on his skivvies. He's lucky his teammates are pretty good about it - they rag on him just like anyone else that does something embarrassing. He gives as good as he gets - all part of being a kid.
What a great kid you have there. I understand how he can be your Hero.