Little Man is Moving On

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Yesterday, I posted a discussion about my sons mostly about Midi. This time, it's Mini's turn. Mini is 13 years old. He's a relatively normal teenage boy - likes his computer games, not very sociable, converses in grunts! He's also really awesome in lots of ways. Mini has been involved in Scouting since 2015. He started out as a Cub, moved on to Scouts, and is soon to be invested as an Explorer. He was carried around his Scout group last night as his friends said goodbye to him. I've just seen a Facebook post on their page about it. They mention how well he's done and highlighted the fact that he won a really special trophy last year - the Endeavour Award (there is a post on here somewhere about that). I'm really proud of him that he's stuck to it. He'd had other hobbies - dancing, gymnastics, horse-riding - which he did do for a while. His main hobby is his drama. He wants to be an actor. He joined a local group when he was 8 (that particular group closed due to low membership but he did move on to the next one). He then started with a semi-professional theatre academy where he's done various performances. Next week, Mini will be invested as an Explorer, and then he'll be taking part in our annual St George's Day parade. That was the one where he got the Endeavour Award last year. He won it because he'd achieved so much with Scouts as well as outside of that. I remember them saying that he'd gone from a Cub hiding under tables because he didn't want to interact to a helpful Scout who held the prestigious position of 'second sixer' for a while. As I said, I am very proud of him. Not only because of his achievements but because of the extra barriers he's overcome to achieve them. When I say 'overcome', maybe I mean 'ignored'! He and I have never let his disabilities come in the way of his potential. The picture is of Mini as a 9 year old Cub in 2015. This was his first parade. I didn't really make the last post into a discussion so I'll do it with this one and asked what is your proudest moment? What barriers, if any, did you have to overcome to achieve your ambitions?