“I want to play basketball…”
Great story this morning on the Today Show. I didn't see it, but read this online. It struck me in two ways. First, that every single life is precious, and this young man with special needs is one of those examples. And second, may we all choose to respond to life's challenges with the grace and determination that he has shown.
For the first time in his life, he’s no longer hobbled by a congenital condition that made walking a painful and difficult task. That meant a grand entrance for 10-year-old Nick Nelson, who wasn’t going to begin an interview sitting on a couch.
Instead Nick let his parents, Greta and Gary Nelson, and his sister, Naomi, say hello to TODAY’s Matt Lauer first Monday in New York and waited for his cue. When it came, he walked into the studio on his new, high-tech, carbon-fiber “J” legs, stepped onto a riser, and took his place next to his parents on a couch.
