by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 25, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope
February 18, 1952 – Coast Guard Station – Chatham, Massachusetts: The old timers around Cape Cod had never seen a winter storm like this nor’easter. Hurricane force winds whipped up 50-foot seas just off the coast. Late that afternoon, the distress call came into the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 16, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Tests and Trials, Uncategorized, Underdogs
1956 – St. Louis, Missouri: Calvin Peete was in terrible pain. The 12-year-old had fallen out of a tree at his grandmother’s house and landed on his arm. The x-ray showed his left elbow was fractured in three places. The physician recommended surgery, but there was no...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 11, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Determination Despite the Odds, Persistence, Uncategorized
2009, The New York Times – 400 Most Influential New Yorkers List: Pete Hamill, the distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, made “The 400 Most Influential New Yorkers in the Past 400 Years” list. When an...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Mar 9, 2018 | Adversity, Beating the Odds, Hanging on to Hope
Robben Island was said to be Hell, a place of isolation and desolation, where many died. The small island, just three square miles, located just a few miles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa had been a prison for political dissidents since the 17th century. The...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 1, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Limitless Possibilities
Each New Year we have the opportunity to write a new chapter in our lives. What we do with our life matters. What is it that you know in your heart you’ve been putting off but need to tackle this year? God created each of us with special talents and a unique destiny....
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 13, 2017 | Beating the Odds, Never Lose Heart, Overcoming Obstacles
On October 28, 1953, at St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, a baby boy was stillborn. The nurse wrapped his cold, blue body in a blanket and placed it on a table in the corner of the delivery room as she went about cleaning up. Busy with her tasks, she passed...
