Sarah Will
Sarah Will
Sarah Will is a paralympic skier who spent 11 years on the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. During this time, she earned a record 13 medalswhile competing in four Winter Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2002. Will serves as a ski instructor and is otherwise active in the Vail community. She was named to the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in July 2009 and is a nominee for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame...
party voice perfect
That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He just looked at me. "The world," he said, gesturing all around us, as if this party, this deck encompassed it all. "The universe. There's just no way. And why would you want everything to be perfect, anyway?" "I don't want everything to be perfect," I said. Just me, I thought. Somehow. "I just want—
realization care pages
Because now, I didn't care what they thought. It wasn't new, this realization that I would never be like them. What was different now was that I was glad. Macy page 199
kids perfect want
When you have a kid, you sign on for the whole package: good, bad, everything in between. you can't just dip in and out, picking and choosing the parts you want and quitting when it's not perfect.
nice giving people
You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.
disappointment used inevitable
Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.
growing-up long enough
Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again.
breakup world weird-things
It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world as well.
breathing keys giving
Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part. But as with giving help and accepting it, we had to do both to be made complete-like links overlapping to form a chain, or a lock finding the right key.
sometimes knows
Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.
should-have towns states
Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.
upset
That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.
determination work-out trying
If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!
running book writing
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.
hiding unfriendly knows
But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.