MySpecialHand was a blog started in early 2012 by an excited Five Year old with a limb difference and a supportive family that wanted to enable him to conquer the world. Read this Easter Seals Crossroads article from 2012 that explains our origin story. We were later featured in a local publication, Hendricks Home, in 2014 talking more about our mission. You can read that here. We try to keep this site as up to date as possible, but life is hectic and as Sam has aged he has had less interest in keeping up his videos. In that space however he has been living a full life of sports, Scouting (he is an Eagle Scout now), school, and friends. We continue to hold this space for whatever the future may hold and to share the message that a difference is something that we all share and should cherish in each other.
Sam is the star here. He’s 18 years old and he was born with only 5 fingers (all of them on his left hand). We call his right hand his special hand. We saw a great site: livingonehanded.com and loved the great videos Ryan was making. Sam wanted to do something similar with more things kids would like seeing a kid do. We setup a form for kids to submit ideas for things you’d like to see and maybe we’ll do an occasional question & answer show where Sam can answer questions from kids as well. One of our most popular stories is about Sam starting kindergarten, check out our post here about that adventure.
Carson was the camera operator. He’s also the older brother of Sam. His passions were video games, reading, Scouting, and soccer. Carson unfortunately left this world in 2022 at the age of 19. He continues to be a blessing to his family and friends.
Jenni is the quiet backbone of the whole operation. Without her unwavering support and love nothing would ever get accomplished around this place. WE LOVE YOU!