. . . Rudy Garcia Tolson, the kid (no longer) from cali who at 5, after numerous surgeries, asked for double amputation so that he could get prosthetics and get busy. I'm sure most have heard of him, but I saw this photo on PR's site and was shocked at how much older he looks.





Shizznit, he looks like a regular kid with some boss carbon legs! What gets me is looking at some older pictures when he was younger, and looks like a kid, compared to now.





Especially these two with Robin Williams, in comparison with the more recent one:



He is a boss swimmer, and has the body-type as a result. To me, the way he is standing there with PR and Robin Williams, the kid looks like the kick-ass swimmer he is. I get a little teary when I think about the mindset and outlook he must have to be where he is.



Anyway, just feeling a little introspective this morning, thinking about my 17mo old son at home as I ran to work, hoping that he'll be inspired and choose to be active and healthy and just do his best, whatever his limitations are. Then I saw that photo of Rudy with PR and had a momentary vision of what my boy Zeke will look like at 16. Ahhh, parenthood. I wouldn't trade it for the world.



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