by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 8, 2019 | Never Give Up, Never Lose Heart, Refusing to Quit
5:15 p.m. December 9, 1914 – West Orange, New Jersey: The fire started in building 41 on the Edison complex, which housed the chemicals for making film. By 6:30 p.m. it had spread to six adjacent buildings and an hour later 13 buildings were engulfed in flames. The...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2019 | Adversity, Never Give Up, Never Lose Heart
March 2018 – Erie County Medical Center – Buffalo, New York: Jim Kelly stared at the doctor. Cancer again. The first time, it had scared him. The second time, he was even more frightened. This time – his third diagnosis with squamous cell carcinoma...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 19, 2019 | Finding Hope, Never Lose Heart, Overcoming Adversity
1958, Nashville, Tennessee: The scars were deep. They had been there since childhood. He could remember each time a child laughed at him. Mel Tillis was having success writing songs since arriving in Nashville two years earlier, but his real love and dream was to be...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 8, 2019 | Limitless Possibilities, Never Lose Heart, Overcoming Adversity
Wednesday, October 8, 2018 – Oregon University – Eugene, Oregon: Justin was exhausted, too tired to notice the cameras. He had just finished a grueling three-mile cross-country race. As he cooled down with his fellow University of Oregon cross-country club team...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2018 | Chasing Your Dream, Determination Despite the Odds, Never Lose Heart
Early 2005, Pershing Park – Los Angeles, California: Steve Lopez, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times was rushing back to the office to meet a deadline when he came upon a strange site. On a busy street corner across from a statue of Beethoven, a middle-aged black...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jul 27, 2018 | Chasing Your Dream, Never Lose Heart, Refusing to Quit
May 1954, Hi Hat Club, Memphis, Tennessee: Nineteen-year-old Elvis sat nervously sipping a coke at a corner table with his girlfriend. He was excited to have a chance to audition as a singer with the band playing on stage. For a moment, Elvis was back in eighth grade,...
