special olympics

Jonathan gets a hit - makes it to 1st base.

Players happy after exciting win!

Some awesome fans!

This weekend was the annual summer games down in Trenton.  Jonathan's softball team started off with an 8:00 am game against a fierce opponent.  They got crushed, losing by more than 20 points... but the 2:00 pm game was not a repeat.  They put the morning behind them and played their hearts out!  Each inning, the lead moved back and forth like a tennis match by 2 points... each time they fell behind, they fought their way back and it came down to the very last inning where they tied it and finished it off with style.  Every player contributed.  It was so incredible and emotional - those kids were as excited as if they had won the world series!  The director of the games came over to our team after the game and told them it was the best game she had ever seen played at the summer games in all her years!!  On Sunday, for the final game, they played against a team that was so much better than them, and although the team dominated the entire game, the Patriots never lost their spirit as they continued to hit and field every play as well as they could.  Vicky had an incredible catch in the outfield and her teammates were so happy for her and jumped on her in celebration even though they were far behind with pretty much no hope of winning.  With 2 outs in the bottom of the last inning, Jonathan had a seizure while on deck, and managed to get up at bat and hit an incredible fly ball to center field.  The ball was caught and they lost the game, but the Patriots took home the bronze medal.  There is no explaining the feeling of attending the special olympics - you are guaranteed to encounter the nicest people and all the athletes are truly happy, win or lose.  The aura clearly surrounds the town of Ewing because I accidentally left my i-phone in a 7-11 and the person who found it, called the last number dialed and managed to find me to return it.  Good karma all around.....!