by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2019 | Adversity, Hanging on to Hope, Refusing to Quit
June 1989 – Death Row, Holman Prison – Atmore, Alabama: Thursday was execution day on death row. Ray lay awake in his five by seven-foot cell located 30 steps from the death chamber where the electric chair, “Yellow Mama,” sat. He couldn’t sleep, because the prisoner...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 12, 2019 | Chasing Your Dream, Hanging on to Hope, Overcoming Adversity
November 2011 – New York City: Two weeks before she began her dream job as a meteorologist on ABC’s Good Morning America, Ginger Zee checked herself into an in-patient mental health facility. She had seen six different therapists over the years, but her battle with...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 21, 2018 | Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope, Never Give Up
2006 – Boston, Massachusetts: “Mrs. Arlen, I’m very sorry. After all the tests we’ve run, we still have no idea what is wrong with Victoria.” The doctor paused and then continued, “We don’t think she will survive, and if she does, she will probably remain in a...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 19, 2018 | Chasing Your Dream, Hanging on to Hope, Refusing to Quit
1984 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Night after night Max sat at his desk working on his book. While he wrote, his wife, Denalyn, sat on the sofa doing cross-stitch. Writing a book had been a dream for Max. As a young pastor in Miami for two years, he had gotten plenty of...
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 | Aug 3, 2018 | Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope, Long Shots, Uncategorized
1986 – Burhanpur Railroad Station, Ganesh Talai, India: Saroo was terrified. The afternoon had begun with excitement as the five-year-old tagged along to the train station with his 14-year-old brother, Guddu, to find food and beg for money. Guddu left Saroo on a bench...
