Dreams DO Come True…

Thinking back to when I found out I was pregnant, like most women, you start dreaming about what your child will and will not do. And when we found out we were having a boy, Tony’s dreams turned to sports of course. I remember him saying how he couldn’t wait to play catch with him in the yard, and take him to hockey practice, and of course get him out on th golf course. I kept telling him that we wouldn’t pressure our son and he could play whatever it was he wanted, even if it mean nothing at all.

Then of course comes the day he was born and all those dreams went out the window. We would be lucky he could walk let alone swing a baseball bat or golf club. As the years went on, it really wasn’t a big deal. But then of course Tyler’s classmates invited us to their TBall games, and we saw neighbors load up their cars to head off to soccer. I don’t know if it ever bothered Tony to see that, I am sure it did. I know I couldn’t feel a little hint of jealousy and disappointment every time I came across a situation like this. But I just tucked it in the back of my head and reminded myself how lucky we were to even still have Tyler with us.

We live pretty far away from Boston, and have found there aren’t many options of sports for kids like Tyler out here. We discovered through friends that there was a Challenger baseball league but of course, nothing out our way. Seeing pictures of our friend’s kids “playing” we of course had that feeling of sadness that Tyler would never experience that. That was until a good friend of ours let me know there was a league starting up in the town next to us. I RACED home and emailed the woman right away. I couldn’t believe our luck!!!!!

We had a parade 2 weeks ago. The there are 2 teams with 6 kids on each. Most of the children have Downs Syndrome. Tyler is the most involved but the kids do not care. In fact, he gets kisses and hugs from 2 of the girls ever time they seem him. It is priceless to say the least. Due to inclement weather last week, his first game was yesterday. Take a look for yourself. Who says dreams can’t come true….