Tag: Faith
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Freedom- An Amputee’s Perspective
A new trial has come my way. A storm meant to break me down, but I won’t let it. I will continue to believe and push through and I will become stronger for it.
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What’s Your Mountain?
“Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.” -Richard M. Nixon “It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” -Sir Edmund Hillary There are many types of mountains we all have to climb, or will climb, or be forced to…
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Cautious Anticipation
I sit here in my ocean blue Jeep Rubicon, warm air blowing in through the open windows, outside of my prosthetist’s office, waiting with bated breathe for my appointment time. Today is a day I’ve been looking forward to for over a year! However, I am cautious. Over the past 8 years of injury, surgery,…
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Get Out and Play
“Those who play rarely become brittle in the face of stress or lose the healing capacity for humor.” Stuart Brown, MD I have spent the past year making up for lost time. For those of you who don’t know me or my story I was sidelined from my normal activities 7 years ago by a…
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Running the Race: Step by Step
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.” Helen Keller That hill you see before me was quite intimidating. As you can see by my head down, my focus wasn’t on the long, incline ahead, just the next…