by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 13, 2021 | Adversity, Hanging on to Hope, Never Lose Heart
May 1943 – Chungkai Prison Camp – Thailand: Scottish Commander Ernest Gordon lay dying in the infamous Japanese prison camp in a Thailand jungle on the bank of the Kwai River. He had been placed next to fellow prisoners of war on the muddy ground next to several...
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 28, 2021 | Beating the Odds, Never Lose Heart, Thankful Heart, Underdogs
1940 – Great Britain: Adolf Hitler’s German war machine was rolling across Europe capturing country after country. When France surrendered in June 1940, Great Britain remained the lone holdout, the final domino in the German chancellor’s path. War-torn England still...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 5, 2021 | Long Shots, Never Lose Heart, Refusing to Quit
Sunday, September 28, 1941 – League Park – Cleveland, Ohio: Josephine Morhard took her seat behind the first base dugout in the venerable old ballpark. Home of the Cleveland Indians, it was the place where Babe Ruth hit his 500th home run. On this cool...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 13, 2020 | Finding Hope, Hanging on to Hope, Never Lose Heart
June 4, 1986 – NCAA Track and Field Championship – Indianapolis, Indiana: Kathy Ormsby, from North Carolina State, the heavy favorite to win the 10,000-meter race, was in 4th place with a third of the race remaining. Suddenly, she moved to the outside of the track,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 15, 2020 | Adversity, Never Lose Heart, Perserverance
November 1978 – Wilmington, North Carolina: The basketball player universally acknowledged as the greatest of all time (GOAT) almost quit the game as a skinny 15-year-old. He thought about it; he talked to his father about it, but he didn’t. He stuck it out. He had...
