My Amazing Son


February 8, 2016

 Courtland is really academic. He knows a lot of information (lots of sports trivia) but he also is very hard on himself when it comes to school subjects. He has a spelling bee today. There are 40 words and before bed last night he said "What if I only get 38 out of 40?" I told him that would be okay. I don't require that my kid be perfect at school. I tell him that it doesn't matter how many he gets right, as long as he tries his best. It's almost like a competition to him (not just for the spelling bee- but in other subjects too). Because of Courtland's difficulty with motor function, he has an aide, and she often will scribe for him. If she is not doing that, he fails certain tasks (even if he knows the answers) just due to lack of motor function.

He is much harder on himself than we will ever be.

Then I got thinking.... Courtland does not often express his feelings about the things that he cannot do because of his CP. I think deep down, he knows that there are things that he will not be able to do in the future. Though we try to encourage his dreams, I think he is starting to understand that he probably will not become a professional hockey player. Then it dawned on me....

 Courtland is hard on himself because he is trying to compensate for the things he cannot do. At this point, that is not a bad thing. It makes him work hard. It makes him want to prove to the world that he is talented and smart and that he is so much more than the face of a foundation or a child who has cerebral palsy. 

 Courtland is a history maker, and I believe his drive will take him far..... Just watch, one day he will set the world on fire, and this mom will just look on, smile and say "That's my boy!"

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