Best night ever ...

Brett leading off of 2nd.

Brett crossing home plate.

Brett with the game ball!

Davis & Brett after the game. :)

Two nights ago, Brett had a good game. Like a really good. Not just a good game for being a boy who is developmentally behind from his peers. I'm talking a good game even for a 'typical' 9 1/2 year old. And that? Makes a mama of an 'atypical autistic' child: jump to her feet, hootin' & hollerin', taking pics of him on every base just to record every second of the event. I was so proud. And so happy for him. He has worked nearly every day of his life just to be like his peers. It's not a conscious thing, he just does it on his own. Sure we work with him a little extra on things & provide him with tutors & therapists. But I think most of it is his own drive that gets him places.

The other night, that boy got a great hit that got him on base. He stole 2nd & 3rd, then on the next hit by his teammate, Brett scored a RUN. Everyone in the bleachers & dugout was genuinely HAPPY. For him. He had the biggest grin on his face & was making sure EVERYONE KNEW.  And just when we thought it was as good as it gets? He repeats the aforementioned sequence. Two singles, two runs, in back to back innings - his 2 times he was at bat that game.

His coach awarded him the "game ball" where we wrote the details of the game - his name, date, who they played, the score, etc. That night he slept with it next to him. :)

I am so happy for these moments. And he deserves them. He works so hard. These are the moments that take you back to the days of a doom & gloom diagnosis when you really didn't know what Brett would be capable of when he was 9 1/2. I know not every game will be like this. I don't know if he knows every game will not be like this, which will lead to frustrations, I'm sure. But for now we just soak it in as his BEST NIGHT EVER to date. :) So proud.