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 | 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 | Dec 17, 2018 | Against the Odds, Overcoming Adversity
September 17, 1994 – Atlantic City, New Jersey:The Miss America pageant was down to two finalists – Miss Virginia Culen Johnson and Miss Alabama Heather Whitestone. The girls held hands nervously anticipating the decision. Pageant host Regis Philbin announced,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 10, 2018 | Adversity, Overcoming Adversity
It is almost always the case. Hidden in the stories of successful people are chapters full of disappointments, difficulties, trials and failures. Although painful, these chapters are an essential part of the overall story. Some of the worst chapters in our lives...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Overcoming Adversity
February 9, 1917, Sun Flower School – Elkhart, Kansas: Glenn Cunningham, age seven, and his 13-year-old brother, Floyd, walked the two miles to the one-room school. Floyd prepared to light a fire in the large pot-bellied stove, as he did most winter mornings,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 16, 2018 | Determination Despite the Odds, Long Shots, Overcoming Adversity
December 26, 1996 – Potter’s Field Cemetery, New York City: Liz Murray borrowed money for a cab ride to the small cemetery. There was no money for a proper funeral for her mother – a cocaine addict and alcoholic who had died of AIDS. Someone donated a pine box with...
