The Little Things May Be The Big Things

Surrounded by family and friends this afternoon, I found a moment of reflection in the front yard. A cool breeze. A child’s laugh. A calm minute. A good day.

I have so much to be thankful for today. I received a note from Scott about his son Cooper. Dylan and Cooper were soccer teammates a few years ago when Cooper was diagnosed with cancer. Today was a good day for Scott, too:

I wanted to share with everyone a quick emotional story about Cooper on Monday night of this week.  As you know Cooper is playing T-Ball this year.  On Monday night he and Blake both had games at the same time.  I coach Blakes team and help with Coopers.  So he asked me to come to this game so I did.

On the way over he talked about his leg hurting from playing at school.  He suffers from leg pain due to the radiation so when he has activties he will be in pain at times.  So we stopped and got some childrens Tylenol for the game.  I asked him if he wanted to not play and he said  “dad I am the leader of the team and I have to play”   So he did …

At his first at bat he crushed one past 3rd base (now in t-ball that is a homerun normally).  He could barley make it to first because his leg was hurting so bad.  I had to go carry him off the field.  So I was packing his stuff and he asked me “are we going home” I said yes Cooper and he started crying.   “I want to play”   so we  waited a minute or two.  I went to get him some water and he was gone on the field running and having fun with his teammates.

At the end of the game the coach gave him the game ball and at that point all of his pain went away.  As we are walking to the car he goes “dad are you proud of me” and a big tear rolled down my eye and I said “cooper you are my hero dude” so we took this pciture and look at that smile and hair !!!!!!!!

We have a phrase in our kitchen that says:  “enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things”   this was one of those moments.

Have a great Easter and hug your kids today !!!!

Thanks for the reminder, Scott.