Reader comments: Disabled softball player meets life's challenges

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Helen | 8:10 a.m. May 22, 2008
Good for you, Robyn! Keep it up!
Inspiring | 8:52 a.m. May 22, 2008
Enough said
NANTANLUPAN | 9:08 a.m. May 22, 2008
"You go girl"!!
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Havilah | 10:48 a.m. May 22, 2008
As her cousin, I may be biased, but we've always known that Robyn is special and it has nothing to do with her leg. She is the warmest most unassuming girl in the world and I'm so proud to have her in my life. I love you Robyn - keep up the good work!!
Julie Lambert | 11:19 a.m. May 22, 2008
Sue awsome story. You have an amazing daugther with an amazing Mom
Amazed! | 11:33 a.m. May 22, 2008
Great story! Good job Robyn.
D Korth | 11:50 a.m. May 22, 2008
Thanks for sharing this wonderful story.
Speechless | 11:58 a.m. May 22, 2008
Wow! What a great inspiring story of a young lady that does not know the meaning of the word "can't." Great job Robyn! Maybe the community could learn something from this great girl!
Doodles | 12:00 p.m. May 22, 2008
For me, this is REAL news, the kind that brightens my day, and everyone else who gets to read it or hear about it. Wonderful story. Robyn must be absolutly amazing!
k5 | 1:56 p.m. May 22, 2008
what an awesome story!
Thanks... | 6:48 p.m. May 22, 2008
Truly Inspiring story...
Tibula? | 9:13 p.m. May 22, 2008
Inspiring story, without a doubt. Now, if the writer could only hit 'spellcheck' before putting it into print. I believe it's called the 'tibia' not the 'tibula'. Seriously, what's a tibula? I wasn't born with a tibula either. Robyn, you truly are an inspiration, good luck in your future.
RAMPRIDE4EVER!!!!! | 9:22 p.m. May 22, 2008
three cheers for robin! i knew this girl as a sophomore when i was a senior and she is awesome my friend sampson was lucky to have her as his girlfriend...keep it up and thats how RAMS do it!!!!!!great job robin.
Donna Bohnet | 10:35 p.m. May 22, 2008
Fibula: The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The other bone in the lower leg is the tibia.)
The fibula is not weight bearing. It articulates (comes together to form a joint) with the tibia above and with the tibia and the talus bone below.

The word "fibula" comes from the Latin meaning clasp or brooch. The fibula was likened to a clasp attaching it to the tibia to form a brooch. The fibula is also called the calf bone.
xdevinx | 11:04 p.m. May 22, 2008
i love robyn to death she is just so amazing, what more can i say. I am one lucky guy to have her as my girlfriend.
Bucket | 11:43 p.m. May 22, 2008
Robyn is the Bean who keeps on growing. She's funny too and sometimes exasperating which goes to show she is just ..... a regular teenager.
barn | 3:50 p.m. May 23, 2008
yeah! way to go MATT
Highlander | 1:54 p.m. June 3, 2008
Robyn truly is an amazing person but this story was written before. Highland High's school newspaper wrote this story before the Deseret News. The high school reporter should have been acknowledged for writing the story before this writer. Robyn is a great person and she deserves two stories on her but the high school student should have been credited. It's almost as if the writer of this story stole from a high schooler.

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Robyn Shelton fields a grounder at third base. "(She) has lived a normal life," her mom, Sue, said. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
Robyn Shelton fields a grounder at third base. "(She) has lived a normal life," her mom, Sue, said.