by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Finding Hope
March 4, 1993 – Annual ESPY Awards, Madison Square Garden, NYC: “And the winner of this year’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award is,” the announcer paused, “Jim Valvano, ESPN broadcaster and former head basketball coach at North Carolina State University.” Assisted by his...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 23, 2021 | Compassion, Courage Under Fire, Finding Hope
February 3, 1943 – S.S. Dorchester – North Atlantic Ocean: The German torpedo ripped through the ship’s hull on the starboard side near the engine room. The lights went out, and chaos ensued in the darkness. Nearly one-third of the 904 men on board died in the first...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 10, 2021 | Adversity, Courage Under Fire, Refusing to Quit
1944 – Ravensbruck Concentration Camp – Germany: Prisoners No. 66729 and 66730, sisters Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, huddled under the dim light bulb in the back of Barracks No. 28 so they could read their worn Bible, which they had miraculously smuggled into the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2021 | Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope, Never Lose Heart
1425 A.D. – Doremy, France: At age 13, she was in her father’s garden when she saw a bright light and heard a voice that told her, “Be a good girl. Great things are expected of you.” Frightened and confused, she dared not tell her parents. What would they think about...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 24, 2021 | Against the Odds, Courage Under Fire, Never Give Up
May 13, 1862 – Charleston, South Carolina: Robert had planned his escape for weeks. On this foggy night,Charles Relyea, captain of the C.S.S. Planter, and his two white crewmembers left the ship after dark to spend the night ashore with their families. Smalls had...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2021 | Courage Under Fire, Enhanced Perspective, Rising Above Circumstances, Tests and Trials
2003 – London, England: Rosalind Savage was divorced, overweight and out of shape. She had spent the past 11 years working in a cubicle for a London computer company and hated her job and miserable life. One day at work she wrote two obituaries. The first one about...
