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I won’t write the whole thing but I’ll share the basics with ya’ll and up front I’ll ask you: What would you have done? Or what would your child have done? This could be a great discussion you could have with your own children, or something for you to think on as we know our children copy our own actions most of the time. <\/p>\n
The story opens with a father speaking at a fundraiser and begins telling a story about his own child that was born handicapped both physically and mentally and how one day they were walking and his son saw a group of kids he knew from school playing ball. He really wanted to play and asked his dad if it would be okay to ask. His father, knowing how cruel kids could be didn’t want him to do it, but at the same time knew his son needed this and if they would say yes it would make him feel a little connected to his peers.<\/p>\n
I will admit that my kids don’t have disabilities but I do know how if feels to be left out or watch your child be left out because of one thing or another with them. I can only imagine what this must feel like. I thought, please let them say yes. <\/p>\n
The child went up and asked the team, they actually said yes since they were losing anyways and were almost done it wouldn’t matter. They let the boy go outfield and then when it came his turn to bat the team had caught back up, they were one run away. The father worried they would decide to sit the boy out and let someone else bat and win the game, many probably would’ve done that. But to his surprise his son went up to bat and instead of the pitcher trying to strike him out, he tried to help the boy out by pitching softly. Now the pitcher knew if he struck the ball they could lose, but he also knew the other team was taking a risk. Long story short the child hit the ball the second time, it went right for the pitcher. Most would’ve grabbed it and threw him out, but he made sure it went over the baseman and each team player did the same thing as he approached their base, in the end the teams were rooting for him to make it home, even though this would mean the one team won. <\/p>\n
The story was sweet, it showed that in nature, even in our world today that kids could show a lot of care. I have seen many try to act tough, some which are tough and mean but it is those that we teach to care for things that really give me hope. Now I ask you, what would you have done? Would you have allowed him to play, to bat? What would your own child have done? <\/p>\n
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