Lucy Coleman has her first soccer game
Lucy has been on the sidelines cheering her big sister on for years. Whether it was T-ball, soccer, karate or tumbling, Lucy’s place has been “Cheerleader.” She’ll holler “GO LEAH!!! GO!!!” even when Leah is not on the field.

Our local AYSO soccer program just started a VIP team. This is VERY cool! It means that Lucy can be on a soccer team. We signed her up. She got a green and white striped uniform, black shorts, giant socks and all. We found Leah’s first pair of shin guards and handed them down to Lucy. Let me say Lucy in her soccer uniform is just about the cutest thing I have EVER seen. I guess the novelty of Leah in uniform has worn off.

All of the kids on her team have some challenges. They range in age from 3-11. Some of the kids have VIP Buddies, to hold their hand, guide them toward the goal or in Lucy’s case, pick up the ball and hand it to Lucy in her power wheelchair. Once Lucy has the ball, she hangs on to it with her left hand and drives toward the goal with her right. She rolls it off her lap to a teammate to pass the ball. Or she just rolls it toward the goal.

After her first game she came cruising up to me and said, “This is the BEST day of my LIFE!”

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