Julian Worsham is like any other 6-year-old – he likes Super Mario, is learning Taekwondo and loves hanging out with his older brother.
But unlike most kids his age Julian has dwarfism so more accommodations are made in the classroom of his school in Oregon. However, while adjustments have been made to his desk his parents didn’t consider how he would navigate the cafeteria.
“He’s born into a world that in some ways is just not built for him,” his dad Brett, told WHAS11.
“I knew that there was a lot of accommodations that would be needed for school, I had a lot prepared but I didn’t think of the cafateria,” said Julian’s mom Heather.
Julian had to rely on an upside down cart attached to wheels to stand on and pick up his lunch each day.
Enedelia Mottram, who has been serving up lunches to kids in the Beaverton school district for 18 years, saw the custom cart and thought it was “pretty lame.”
So she went straight to her husband James, a metal fabricator to create a new mobile cart, one that Julian would be proud to push.
James then got to work designing a cart, complete with flames, a personalized license plate, and a built-in step stool so that Julian can easily access it if needed.
When Julian’s mom saw the new cart she was reduced to tears.
“They took the time to get those license plates with his name, which is just like, they just really put a lot of heart into it. So when I saw it, the first thing I saw was actually a picture of James and his team who made the cart and I cried. It’s just such a sweet thing,” Heather said.
Heather hopes Enedelia and James’ big-hearted gesture inspires others to notice people’s needs and help any way they can.
“There’s just wonderful people in this world that, you know, they have their eyes open. They’re seeing needs that need to be met and they’re meeting them. So I hope that other kids can get their needs met through this,” she said.
Enedelia and James are a true inspiration; to see Julian push his new cart around with so much pride makes my heart burst.
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