Demp has always been a class act, even when things dind’t go well for him physically either. Lots of things are more important than the Cubs and MLB and this is one of those things. It’s good to know that she’s doing well.

Now, hopefully, Dempster can turn his strong finish last year into another solid season from him.

I have a child with what some would call “special needs” (down syndrome), and what’s really clear in the story is how much of a blessing everyone realizes that this little girl is. All of our kids are much more often limited by the expectations around them rather than the limits inside, and this is even more true when kids have “special needs”. She’s a lucky little girl to have such people around her.