Life’s False Starts Prove Great for New Beginnings!
Penn Relays 1987 – This is me with two legs!.Yes we won! I ran the lead off leg for the Arkansas Razorbacks 4x400m relay. I can say from experience that the race is one of the most grueling in track and field. The last 100m is the most painful of the race no matter what shape an athlete is in. Because I knew the pain was coming I used to literally cry before starting for the Hogs! For...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama! Part 4 – Final
MEETING #4 – 7 minutes 30 seconds Alice and I were fortunate to ride from the Hillside community center event in the First Lady’s motorcade to the United States Olympic Committee’s Training Center. Now, we were NOT in the First Lady’s car, we rode with Senator Michael Bennet another honor in itself. I had not been in a fast moving motorcade since I represented the United...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama! Part 3
MEETING #3 – 2 minutes The First Lady was coming to Colorado to open up the Warrior Games an inter-service military sporting event hosted by Deloitte and the United States Olympic Committee for wounded ill and injured service members who serve in America’s Armed Forces. This year there was also an exhibition team from Great Britain. Prior to Mrs. Obama’s speech at the Olympic...
16 Minutes with First Lady Michelle Obama Part 2
MEETING #2 – 30 seconds The next night was the State Dinner. I was so excited to attend. I really did not know what to expect. I just heard from all sorts of people that this was the hottest ticket in DC. I picked up Alice from the Airport and then back to the hotel where we got gussied up. Both April Holmes and the First Lady were right. Alice looked stunning in the dress she selected. I...
The Hardest Job Everyone Thinks They Can Do
– Written by Dennis Hong This piece was inspired by a heated discussion I had with a man who believes that teachers have an easy job. Please feel free to share it with others if you agree with the message. I used to be a molecular biologist. I spent my days culturing viruses. Sometimes, my experiments would fail miserably, and I’d swear to myself in frustration. Acquaintances would...HOPE and PEACE Through Sport
Hope: Hope is the belief that circumstances in the future will be better. Last year I asked the following question on Twitter, “Would you ever want to sit down and break bread with the person who hurt you or who altered your life significantly by their actions. But, in doing so also put you on a path for redefining who you were? When I had two legs and was a soldier in the U.S. Army I...
