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Should I be annoyed?

I was lucky enough to discover a couple of stories about Hayden Filson thanks to her mom who posted on the Born Just Right Facebook page. Hayden plays softball for her state championship high school team and was born with one hand. But in the news coverage about her, the reporters keep writing and saying "born with one arm." It's obvious that Hayden has two arms. She has one hand.It's a difference that I think is important. Should I really care? I keep correcting Jordan's brother when he tells kids that his sister was born with one arm. She has TWO!Am I being picky or am I allowed to try to crusade for a change in how we talk about upper limb-different people? Yes, some people are born without an arm (or two) and others lose an arm or two due to illness or trauma. But in many cases, there's a part of an arm... So it's an arm!!Okay. I'm done with my rant. I needed it to get out there.As a gift to you for sticking with me, I'll include some pictures of Jordan and her dance class right before they went in for picture day. So much pink... Actually there's so much pink, it's cute.