by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2018 | Compassion, Limitless Possibilities, Underdogs
It is 3:00 AM and the Robsham Theater Arts Center on the Boston College campus is quiet and deserted. Fred, the graveyard shift janitor, pushes his yellow cart from room to room carrying his mop, broom, and cleaning supplies. His job is monotonous and not real...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 7, 2017 | Compassion, Finding Hope, Underdogs
On June 20, 2016, Dion Leonard was in northwestern China, standing at the starting line on the second day of the Six-Day 155-mile Gobi Desert Run, when the scruffy little brown dog materialized at his feet. Concerned he would trip over the dog, he tried several times...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2017 | Rising Above Circumstances, Success, Underdogs
After only one semester at the University of Massachusetts, Roxanne Quimby told her father she was dropping out of school to follow her boyfriend, George, to the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue oil painting. Her father had expected her to get an MBA from the...