Archive for respect Category
Selfish Schmelfish
November 9, 2011 book, disability, fighting back, respect, self-confidence, self-esteemSometime around 2005, as I was writing the first words of my book when it had already been 32 years since my first major smack-down from cancer and amputation, I wrote these words about selfishness:
“The newly disabled, those diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, and those who have suffered a tremendous loss, need time within themselves to [...]
Katie Lynch award
May 21, 2011 disability, disabled, inspiration, respect, speakingOn May 20th I was the recipient of the 2nd annual Katie Lynch award for most inspirational speaker in Newton. At a breakfast event sponsored by the Mayor of Newton as part of the Newton Understanding Our Differences program, the Lynch’s themselves presented me with a most beautiful plaque. The award is named after [...]
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Guest post: Why Disabled Athletes Inspire the Able-Bodied
May 2, 2011 athletics, disability, disabled, fighting back, independence, respect, self-confidence, UncategorizedBio: Alexis Bonari is a freelance writer and researcher for College Scholarships, where recently she’s been researching culinary scholarships as well as republican school scholarships. Whenever she gets some free time, she enjoys watching a funny movie or curling up with a good book.
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The Double-take
April 27, 2011 athletics, confidence, disability, disabled, respect, self-confidence, self-esteem, skiing, sports, sympathyA while back I did a blog about staring.
Bottom line, no matter how many years go by, being stared at is not comfortable. The reason is that it highlights that you, the person being stared at, have something different about you and because of that you need to be put over here in a different group [...]
Interview with ESPN
January 21, 2011 athlete, athletics, cancer, confidence, Dana-Farber, disability, handicapped, inspiration, lance armstrong, media coverage, respect, self-confidence, sports, TV(video)
My interview by ESPN’s Scott Pentoney. Discussed Jim Valvano, Lance Armstrong, sports, disabilities, self-confidence and many other topics.
Guest post: Art Boulet
November 18, 2010 athletics, book, exercise, fighting back, inspiration, respect, self-esteem, sportsThis is a guest post written by Art Boulet. Art is married to my niece Liz Hohl Boulet. Art is a grad student at Princeton Seminary and is the coordinator of the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project, which works on translating and publishing all of the dead sea scrolls. He is (now!) an avid runner and [...]
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Gunnelling Across Temagami
October 18, 2010 athletics, confidence, fighting back, respect, self-confidence, self-esteemHow to Gunnel a Canoe
Gunnelling a canoe is a challenging fun summer water-based activity but it stems from a very practical war-time practice of native americans who traveled a lot by canoe. The idea is for one person to drive a canoe without using paddles and therefore their hands. This of course allows the native [...]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
July 5, 2010 confidence, disability, disabled, fighting back, recovery, respect, self-confidence, self-esteem, sportsR-E-S-P-E-C-T
What you want
Baby, I got
What you need
Do you know I got it?
All I’m askin’
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)
– Aretha Franklin, singing the Otis [...]
