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I am just about to turn thirty. I have the most wonderful two-year old daughter. We are blessed to live near the ocean and I love to put her on the back of my bike for the joys of the seaside. Yet my vision is becoming bizarre. My eyesight seems to wobble, then I lose vision in one eye and, thankfully, it returns before I lose vision in the other. My eye doctor refers me to a neurologist. An unfeeling, ...
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It was the time of my life young, healthy and fearless starting a career. First it was Milan, then it became LA Requests were pouring in, no casting no more. My dreams were just a step away from becoming real.
Dizziness and headaches all the time, doctor cannot find anything wrong It must be stress or exhaustion. Perfect timing, going home for a gig. Holidays with family and friends is just what I need.
The dizziness was never so ...
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My name is Alison Bonds Shapiro and I have a story about stories to tell.
Although I have spent most of my professional career in the business world, I have always had a passion for painting and drawing. Ever since I was a child, I’ve dreamed about illustrating a children’s book. With my own children grown and out of the house, at last I had the chance to concentrate on reaching for that dream. And while I was still working I ...
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“I wish that nobody would have to live through what I experienced without guidance.“
My name is Eugene Vos. Born in Seattle in 1958. I was a very athletic and active child as well as artistic and creative. When I was in the 4th grade I was reading novels, and writing constantly. In the 6th grade I wrote, directed and acted in a play ...
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My acting skills began to emerge starting in early childhood. I sang a lot, danced, composed and staged various scenes. When I was in school, I started performing in the Theatre of Youth Creativity at the Palace of Pioneers. After finishing school I went to the Theatre Institute, where I studied in the acting department with a specialization in ...
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Ksenia, how did it happen that you were crowned “Miss World”?
By chance! A friend of mine on her own responsibility sent my photos off to the international beauty contest “Vertical;” at the time I was undergoing physical therapy and recovering in the Crimea and wasn’t in Moscow. I was invited to represent the Russian Federation at ...
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When I think back as far as I can to my childhood as a sighted person, I recall that I was rarely without my ice skates. I started figure skating at the age of three, and over time I got to where I was in serious training for professional competition. Early on I skated in individuals, then later ...
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On October 21st of 2015 I suffered a stroke. I was transferred from Miriam Hospital to the Pawtucket Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Rehabilitation Unit. At this point I was both angry for what had happened to me and scared for what would happen to me.
I was totally paralyzed on my left side which included my leg, arm and mouth. It was not a pretty picture. I preferred to not look at myself in the mirror. My left arm and hand ...
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“I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it’s both.”
–Forrest Gump
Last year, as I watched my IVIG medicine slowly drip, drip, drip into my body, I had a thought: “I wonder how many millions of events had to occur – exactly as they did – to bring me and my wife, Angela, together?”
The love of my life had just left the infusion ...
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Janine Shepherd, rendered a partial paraplegic in cycling accident, is now able to walk; she is also a pilot and aerobatics instructor, as well as a motivational speaker and author.
A champion cross-country skier in training for the winter Olympics, Janine’s life changed forever when she was hit by a truck during a bicycle ride in the Blue Mountains of Australia. Doctors did not expect her to survive and, when she did, they warned her that she would never walk again.
Janine ...
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