Well,  Matthew is going to play Buddy baseball. I met this wonderful woman by the name of Sheri that came up with this great idea to get special needs kids playing ball.  In order for that to work, she had lots of able kids volunteer their time to become a buddy to one of our kids. They were matched up and the buddies will now be able to assist our kids with the help they need to play organized ball. Matthew was matched up with Lou, a 13 year old boy,  who is totally awesome and is already so attuned to Matthew. We met him at the match up day on Saturday. He took to Matthew right away and even picked up on his signing already. I know this will be so good for Matthew. But what I really like about the program is that it will teach these kids compassion and that not everyone is the same. Therefore, these kids will grow up nonjudgemental and that I thank their parents for.

Matthew will get to throw the honory pitch at the first game, since he was first to sign up for the league. 

Also, he will be featured in our local newspaper, the Rockford Register Star, in the  “Get to Know Me” section. Isn’t that awesome.  Matthew will be our own little celebrity. Who would have known.

Well, that is all for today. Hope you continue to read up on Matthew’s progress. Pictures will follow.