by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 21, 2022 | Hanging on to Hope, Overcoming Adversity, Rising Above Circumstances
“There is a question that God is asking us to answer: are we going to judge God based on our circumstances or are we going to choose to interpret our circumstances based on what we hold to be true about God?” ...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 18, 2022 | Courage Under Fire, Hanging on to Hope, Rising Above Circumstances
“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine January 13, 1982 – Washington D.C.: There are not many Americans who remember the name Arland Williams. Air Florida...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 31, 2022 | Adversity, Against the Odds, Hanging on to Hope
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Sure I am of this that you have only to endure to conquer.” ...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Chasing Your Dream, Hanging on to Hope, Limitless Possibilities, Never Give Up
“If God gives you something you can do, why in God’s name wouldn’t you do it?” Stephen King 1972 – Hampden, Maine: Tabitha was emptying the wastebasket when she found Stephen’s three wadded-up typewritten...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2021 | Adversity, Courage, Hanging on to Hope
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” Mother Teresa August 6, 1945 – Hiroshima, Japan: The air raid sirens blared at 6 a.m. but Kiyoshi Tanimoto...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Hanging on to Hope, Long Shots
Monday, May 2, 2005 – Bridgeport, Connecticut: It was supposed to be an uneventful six-day sailing adventure to Bermuda on the 45-foot sailboat Almeisan. First mate Lochlin Reidy, age 58, had made 16 crossings with Captain Tom Tighe. The captain had made the 600-mile...
