Z's 1st softball game!

Tonight was Zion's 1st softball game. :) It was one of the saddest, cutest, most happiest moments we've had in a long time. Here lately I've been pretty down about our situation, but I'm trying to stay positive and tonight just made that easier. At first, I was totally fine. Then he lined up with his team, other special needs children, to sing the national anthem and I just lost it. It broke my heart. All those feelings of "I cannot believe this." came rushing back. As much as I try to push those feelings away, I know they will never leave, but I also know that I can handle them differently. I chose right then and there to be more positive on a daily basis, to just appreciate the time I get with my sweet boy and just enjoy life. We have only been to one other place where there were other kids like Zion. That was the OKI Chapter Walk and Roll in April. We saw maybe 2 kids his age in a wheelchair and we didn't really meet very many people. We needed tonight. Of course we talk to other SMA families on Facebook and we see pictures of kids in wheelchairs and Zion wants to look at them all the time, but we've never really interacted with anyone like this. It was relieving. To meet, actually meet, other families like us. Around our area that can relate to us. As much as I love our SMA community on Facebook, there's just something so great actually talking face to face with someone in the same situation. Zion met a little boy named Joey who was also in a wheelchair. It was the cutest thing. It made me so happy to see him being able to play with other kids. Like he does. In our family he's kind of left out because he's the only one in a wheelchair. The other kids don't play with him like they do each other. So tonight was just......amazing. A year ago I would've told you that SMA crushed our dreams of watching Z play tball, or take swimming lessons, but today I know that SMA can't crush anything if you don't let it. Tonight we saw our baby play his first tball game and in 2 weeks he will start swimming lessons. SMA won't ruin our lives. We just have to adjust our dreams a little :)

                                                                 
                                                Z & Joey giving high fives after the game! :)