by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 6, 2018 | Adversity, Against the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Refusing to Quit
May 24, 1883 – Brooklyn Bridge, New York City: With tears in his eyes, Washington Roebling watched through his telescope from his house as his wife Emily rode in a carriage across the newly completed Brooklyn Bridge.In her lap was a rooster, a symbol of victory. In...
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,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 19, 2018 | Adversity, Chasing Your Dream, Refusing to Quit
On the day he was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his uncle nicknamed him Sparky after a horse named “Spark Plug” in the Barney Google comic strip. The nickname stayed with him and confirmed his destiny. Throughout his childhood, Sparky and his daddy shared a special...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 2, 2018 | Against the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Refusing to Quit
June 1940 – Clarksville, Tennessee: Born pre-maturely, Wilma Rudolph weighed four pounds at birth. As a baby, she survived scarlet fever, then double pneumonia before being diagnosed with polio at age four. The doctor told Wilma’s mother, Blanche, the child would...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 23, 2018 | Adversity, Chasing Your Dream, Refusing to Quit
Overheard in a Paris art studio – 1874: “He has no talent at all, that boy! You who are his friend, please tell him to give up painting.” The comment was made by French impressionist painter Edouard Manet to fellow painter Claude Monet, speaking of 33-year old...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 21, 2018 | Courage Under Fire, Refusing to Quit, Underdogs
Pea Island, North Carolina, June 1878: Station No. 17, the Pea Island Life Saving Station, was created as one of 18 stations on the outer banks of North Carolina. Congress established the stations to help rescue passengers and cargo in the event of a shipwreck – a...
