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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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On August 31st, I sustained a traumatic C3-C7 injury to my spinal cord. I was chest deep in the waters off Narragansett beach when, facing the shoreline was hit by a wave from behind. Despite a one month survival rate of approximately 25%, I survived. Facing extensive medical care and rehabilation that extended over many months and the long road that followed, my life had changed forever and this is part of my story.
Tom Pepper, videographer.
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I lost every member of my immediate family – my grandmother, father, mother, husband, and my best friend who was also my college roommate. For my entire life, I was constantly on the move, heading toward the brightest future imaginable.
I received a world class education, met and married the man of my dreams – Mr.Darcy and Rhett Butler all rolled into one! – I created new businesses, and danced the night away in cities all over the world. I ...
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