Yahoo has tricked me once again. A week or so ago I got on the computer to catch up on all the sites I read daily and I started checking out some of the news stories on yahoo. I got really excited when I read one of the headlines about about a Major League Baseball pitcher who was using a custom made glove with six fingers. I was slightly disappointed when I clicked the link and read that he did not have six fingers, he just pitched with both hands so the glove was custom made so he could switch pitch. Oh well, they can’t all be winners.

I enjoyed playing sports when I was younger, but felt awkward at times because using things like baseball gloves was always just a little different for me. We played softball at one of the churches we attended when I was younger, and I remember practising with my parents in the evenings. The fact that I was different and that wearing a softball glove was awkward was only awkward for me. My parents just treated it like everything else. They had the same expectations for me as anyone else, they expected me to try my best, and believed that I could do anything I wanted to do. If I dropped a ball they never made excuses for me or chalked it up to my lack of fingers, they just told me what I did wrong and gave me their best advice and expected me to catch the next one. I am sure I had my moments of self pity or whatever but they never let those moments last long. They were always encouraging and I know that is one of the major reasons I look at things the way I do now.

It is past my bed time, but I have another story about gloves that I will have to tell you about next time.