The Legend of "Johnny One Arm"…
I have always enjoyed watching and playing baseball. When I was 7 and 8 years old, my dad would send me to Chandler baseball camp just outside the small town of Chandler, Oklahoma during the summer. It was the best of times. Playing baseball, meeting friends, going to town with baseball campers on weekends, and hearing a legendary story about Johnny one arm.
The legend goes that one day, a baseball camper named Johnny was playing pitcher feeding the balls into the pitching machine. Each time the machine arm throws the baseball, the machine arm winds around for the pitcher to place another ball in the machine for another throw. As Johnny was putting the ball in the machine, the sleeve of his baseball uniform got caught and his arm was stuck in the machine as it continued to operate. The machine arm kept going and Johnny's arm was cut off. The arm fell to the ground as blood spewed everywhere, Johnny picked up his arm from the ground and quickly ran into the woods. He was never found.
But his voice is heard every night when the campers are told lights out as they are about the go to sleep. He just keeps saying... I AM GOING TO GET YOU. Many campers would sleep with only one eye open for the entire 2 weeks of summer baseball camp, including ME! The biggest gifts are always in the smallest moments in life!
The Legend of "Johnny One Arm" lives with me because of my Dad! Happy Father’s Day weekend to my Dad and to all of the amazing dads doing their best to give their kids the best. …and to those missing their dads - I know your dad is watching from above and smiling at the person you have become. Hugs to you!
Quote of the weekend – Ask yourself three times a day what’s important to you, and have the courage to build your life around the answer. -Tom Watson
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Book of the weekend – The Long Goodbye by Shannon Hayes – a memoir about the last days of her father – it’s a story of hope and it’s so good!
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