What A Day!

Today was a very busy day. Hannah got to play in her game today due to her surgery being pushed back (probablly about a week) for more testing. All of the girls played a great game and we won 5-2. It was also announced that Hannah will be an honorary member of the 2009 10U Gold All Stars (which she will not stop talking about). Health permitting, she will be at every game possible. After the game, the three of us took a trip to Corona because we heard they were putting on a little something at their park. Boy were we WRONG about a little! Before we even got to the field we saw pink ribbons tied to the fence along the street. When we arrived at the field, it was a sea of pink. Almost everybody was wearing something pink, all of the fields were decorated with pink balloons, banners and ribbon. Even the trees had pink ribbons!
One of the T-ball teams wore pink pajamas instead of their uniforms.
Another team had special jerseys made and changed their name from the Blue Angels to Hannah’s Angels. This, as well as everything else was very touching.
Even ladder 3 (from Corona Fire Dept.) was there to take some aerial photos.
There were fundraiser such as, pink rubber duckies that had personal messages written on them, pink snow cones, candies and much more.
We are all so moved by the support by all of the people involved. People that we had never before met and had no idea whom each other were. This will be a day that we will NEVER forget. We need to give special thanks to Corona Girls Softball Association (CGSA) and the president Randy Thomas for making us and Hannah so welcome and accepted. THANK YOU!!
We want to let everyone know that this all makes Hannah so very happy. We honestly do not know how to thank everyone for what they have done. I don’t think a day goes by that we don’t tear up by all of the kind gestures from everyone. You are all truely appreciated and special individuals.
That’s all for now… check back soon as we will update the gallery with lots of pictures.

Hannah’s Big Day

None of us would have expected to see what we saw on Saturday. When we walked up to the field we noticed that there were pink ribbons and pink balloons everywhere. The team started warming up an hour before the game as usual. Then about ten minutes before the game started, both teams and coaches came out and met at the plate. The manager from the opposing team presented Hannah with a jersey signed by the entire team with words of encouragement and really slick pair of pink Oakley sunglasses. All of the girls held hands and a girl from the other team led in a prayer. After that every girl got in line and gave Hannah a big hug (I don’t think there was a dry eye in the joint).

Now for the game… Hannah threw out the first official pitch, for those of you who don’t know, Hannah has never pitched before. She did a great job though, got the ball to the catcher without hitting the ground or the batter. After that she was off to third base.

Hannah at the plate… Hannah smacked a double to right field her first at bat and hit a single to drive in the go ahead run her second at bat. We were all afraid her nerves would get to her and she would strike out. But she was as cool as a cucumber! All of the girls did great and Silver and Black went on to win 4-2, GREAT JOB GIRLS!!

Silver and Black Attack!!

Today, we went to Hannah’s softball game to support the team. What we saw brought tears to our eyes. All of the girls had put pink decals with “Hannah #11″ on their helmets as well as pink ribbons on their jerseys. The support that Hannah is getting from the community and beyond is absolutley amazing! Everybody in the LMGSA family have always been great with Hannah, but now in her time of need people have shown their true colors. We have always known that the people in this community have been good people, now we realize you are all exceptional people! We cannot even put into words how grateful we are for all of the support you give.

P.S. This Saturday will probablly be the last game she will be playing for at least the rest of this season. If you are in the area and would like to stop by, it will be at 10:00am at Behringer north in La Mirada on field 8. We will also be posting pictures of the game. SILVER AND BLACK…YOU KNOW!!!