DJ, Football and Broken Foot

 This is DJ, my middle grandson.

DJ was a different sort of 

a baby and child. 

He was attached to him

mom so much it was

unreal.

So much so that at a

couple months old mom

and dad went to a ball game

and I was watching DJ for

the first and last time.

He cried for his mom

the whole three to four

hours they were gone.

I could not take it.

As he grew we noticed that

he had OCD issues.

He could not stand things

to be out of place and he

was only like three yrs

old. His mom had a couple

of monkey figurines on the 

end table, it one got

turned around the wrong way

and he saw it, he had to 

fix that.

He was a loner, he was

not much of a talker and

he would not spend the

night away from home.

I worried that he would not

find his niche. I was afraid

that he would not have friends

or find his place.

I was wrong!

He made friends in school.

He is a good student and 

he found football!

This kid 

LOVES

his 

The day after the second game into his

8th grade year

he is waiting for the bus when

a friend, also in football comes

up messing around.

Dude tackles DJ, causing

DJ to fall on his own

foot and yes, 

he ended up in the

ER.

And just like that, two games

in, DJ's 8th grade season

of football is over.

He teared up when the 

doc told him. 

Amber emailed the coach

who said he really

hated this cause DJ was

moving on up but DJ will

be aloud to be part of the team.

He will ride the bus to games,

and he will sit on the side lines.

My heart hurts for him since

this is all he has waited

for this yr. 

He will also be aloud to 

be a part of 8th grade

night where the players

go on the field with parents

and family since this is 

the last yr to be a part

of middle school. 

This will be Sept. 15, 

Nana will be there.

Pam