Play Ball! - Week of Apr. 28th

"Equality is giving everyone a shoe. Inclusion is making sure it fits." ~Author unknown

The mission of the West Michigan Miracle League: To give every child, regardless of ability, the opportunity to play baseball and be part of a team, in an environment where “Every child deserves the chance to play ball.” 

The Spring season opener for the WMML was scheduled for Saturday. Cam has chosen to continue to play with his friends for 5 Saturdays.  He is a part of the St. Louis Cardinals team with Brody, Daniel, Mackenzie and many other friends. 

The first game was held May 3rd and the morning got off to a chilly start.  They players and fans, though, displayed warm smiles all around.  Onji, pictured next to Cam, always yells his name from across the field when she sees him.  A few players from another youth team came over to watch the WMML players and cheered each of them on as they went up to bat. What a cool display of awesome sportsmanship! The remaining game times are:

• May 10 @ 12:30PM
• May 17 @ 11:30AM
• May 31 @ 10:30AM
• June 7 @ 10:30AM 

After warming up at home and grabbing lunch, our fam was headed downtown.  

The second annual Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Neuromuscular Game-A-Thon was taking place and Cameron was invited. Community individuals as well as patients from the pediatric neuromuscular clinic and their families gathered together to play video and board games while socializing over a shared experience.  Cam was happy to see some of his power soccer friends there too!

Over the weekend, Cam and his dad worked on Jane's work laptop.  While she was on a business trip this week, her laptop keyboard stopped working.  The father/son duo removed the surface of the computer completely.  Although the keyboard couldn't be fixed, the onscreen keyboard was operational allowing Jane to (very slowly) access some critical information.  Luckily, her new company laptop arrived over the weekend.

Cam, of course, couldn't wait to assist with setup to ensure everything was working, especially the keyboard!

Camology Quotes:

Cam and his parents had fun seeing WMML parents and players.  One of Cam's teammates is a friend from preschool, Mackenzie.  On the drive home, Jane was commenting how cool it was that Mackenzie's sisters help her a lot. Cam wasn't quite following the gist of what Jane was saying...

"What does that mean? You didn't give me any context, Mom."