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Sisters – Monroe Journal – July 9, 2020

Sisters – Monroe Journal – July 9, 2020

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 7, 2020 | Adversity, Against the Odds, Rising Above Circumstances

October 1, 1987 – Salem Hospital – Salem, Illinois: The baby was born without legs. Her Romanian-immigrant parents were shocked and overwhelmed. There was no money or insurance to raise a handicapped child, so they abandoned the baby in the hospital. The following...
The Broad Street Pump – Monroe Journal – March 5, 2020

The Broad Street Pump – Monroe Journal – March 5, 2020

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 18, 2020 | Courage Under Fire, Determination Despite the Odds, Rising Above Circumstances

September 7, 1854 – London, England: The most dreaded disease of the age, cholera, was back with a vengeance. There were more caskets than the horse-drawn hearse wagons could carry away. In Soho, one of London’s poorest neighborhoods, more than 500 people died in five...
Odds Stacked Against Her – Monroe Journal – December 19, 2019

Odds Stacked Against Her – Monroe Journal – December 19, 2019

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 10, 2020 | Against the Odds, Determination Despite the Odds, Rising Above Circumstances

1976 – Clanton, Alabama: The phone rang. “Oh Lord, no! Nannie B is gone. She shot herself,” screamed her grandmother. Five-year-old Liz was too young to understand what had happened. But she and her four-year-old sister cried anyway.  Liz spent her early...
Nobody Ever Saw a Ballplayer Like This One – Monroe Journal – August 24, 2014

Nobody Ever Saw a Ballplayer Like This One – Monroe Journal – August 24, 2014

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2018 | Adversity, Beating the Odds, Rising Above Circumstances

September 4, 1993 – Yankee Stadium – Bronx, New York City: He stood on the mound in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium. For a long moment he studied the scoreboard in center field and thought back on his life – just six outs away from pitching a no-hitter – a dream...
It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over – Monroe Journal – July 19, 2018

It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over – Monroe Journal – July 19, 2018

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 10, 2018 | Adversity, Refusing to Quit, Rising Above Circumstances

More than 30 years later, Bob Brenly still gets letters from pastors. They want him to know that they used what happened to him in September 1986 as a teaching moment in a sermon. Mike Krukow, a San Francisco Giants pitcher, would agree. After that bizarre major...
The Masonic Home Mighty Mites – Monroe Journal, May 31, 2018

The Masonic Home Mighty Mites – Monroe Journal, May 31, 2018

by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jun 29, 2018 | Overcoming Adversity, Rising Above Circumstances, Uncategorized, Underdogs

1926 – Masonic Home and School, Ft. Worth, Texas: The Masonic Home Orphanage, which sat on 200 acres in east Ft. Worth, was started in 1900 for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Free Masons. The facility, a lonely depressing place, was home for...
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