Hi everyone,
FYI- There will be a story about Nick and his wrestling on FOX Toledo (channel 12 Buckeye Cable) on Sunday 1/31/10, 10:30-11:00 pm, on Rychnovsky Recap.
Joe Rychnovsky contacted us. He is a reporter at FOX Toledo. He got some film of Nick wrestling at a match last Thursday and came to our house to interview us last night. Today he went to Nick's wrestling practice to get some more footage. It was really funny. We've never done anything like this before. Nick was great. He was articulate and answered Joe's questions really well. Greg and I were not prepared ( I don't know what we expected....we didn't I guess) for some of the questions and were blabbering fools. ( I mean that with affection Greg:) ) We were talking last night and said, "boy, we'd really like a re-do, hopefully they'll edit us out!"
LOL! Anyhow, it's really all about Nick and the story isn't just about Nick and his wrestling but it's about the coach, Matt Boggs, and Nick's teammates and other wrestlers and coaches from other schools and how they've all been so supportive and inclusive to Nick. As Nick said, he may not be winning his matches (although, I say you never know what will happen with Nick!), but he is out there. That is what it's all about. Nick being out there, living his life, fully, the way he wants to live it, the way it should be! That may seem "obvious" to some, but the truth is, that hasn't been Nick's experience many times and MANY people do not interact with individuals with disabilities this way. Really, they often don't. So, this experience has been the most pleasant surprise for us and for Nick, and we love it and are so grateful. It's hard to put it into words and say all that it means to us.
Go Nick!
Blessings:)
Amy
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