February 21, 2016

Every Sunday this month I have volunteered for an organization called TopSoccer. It is an organization where teenagers help young kids with disabilities play soccer. The disabilities range from ADHD to Autism to everything else. Every teenager volunteer is paired with a child and they become "buddies". I had a 7th grade girl help me and we had an adorable 4 year old boy. He had trouble speaking and his mother told us he was not able to run when he was younger, but he can now. He had braces on both of his ankles, but he could sure run fast and for a long time. He was not very interested in the activities or soccer. He just liked to run back and forth on the turf field we played on. After his mom told us he was not able to run at one point in his life it made me realize how much I take for granted the little things in life, like walking/running. Although running is tiring and I complain about it a lot, I am very grateful for my healthy legs.