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...
acceptance hard
Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.
guarantees fruition planning
Sure, there was no guarantee any of these things would actually happen as he envisioned. But maybe that wasn‟t the point.It was the planning that counted, whether it ever came to fruition or not.
giving-up mean helping
but accepting help doesn‟t have to mean giving up control.
important want found
But it was important to simply be sought, even if you didn‟t ever want to be found.
sports drinking coffee
And so, while the rest of the world went on unaware, drinking their coffee, reading the sports page, and picking up their dry cleaning, I leaned forward and kissed Dexter, making a choice that would change everything. Maybe somewhere there was a ripple, a bit of jump, some small shift in the universe, barely noticeable. I didn’t feel it then. I felt only him kissing me back, easing me into the sunlight as I lost myself in the taste of him and felt the world go on, just as it always had, all around us.
kind great-freedom
It was great. Freedom even the imagined kind always is.
ideas chance buried
But there was something I liked about the idea of those seeds buried so deep having at least a chance to emerge
watches events repeating-history
So I left him there alone to watch history repeat the same events retold again and again on his own.
two giving band
For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.
swim drifting dreamland
Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.
moon men flavor
Mayonnaise is a lot like men, it can make everything much better, adding flavor and ease to your life. Or, it can just be sticky and gross and make you nauseous"- "Keeping the Moon
silly past pieces
We laughed ourselves silly, taking back our shared past, gently, piece by piece.
two jail levels
Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship.
alive truth-is said
Listen,"Kristy said," the truth is,nothing is guranteed. You know better than anybody." She looked at me hard,making sure I knew what she meant.I did."So don't be afraid.Be alive.