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...
honesty faces principles
Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.
goodbye world ships
But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.
goodbye farewell emotional
She was so emotional, on the verge of tears. This was what I'd wanted to prevent with all those quick disappearances, the tangledness of farewells and all the baggage they brought with them. But now, looking at Deb, I realized what else I'd given up: knowing for sure that someone was going to miss me. What happened to goodbye, Michael in Westcott had written on my Ume.com page. I was pretty sure I knew, now. It had been packed away in a box of its own, trying to be forgotten, until I really needed it. Until now.
stories middle
But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.
used fairs
Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.
choices blame ifs
It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.
accidents
You punched him by accident.
pushing energy molecules
Even if you couldn't see it beneath the surface, molecules were bonding, energy pushing up slowly, as something worked do hare, all alone to grow.
like-you certain blocked
How it seemed like you could see everything, but certain things were blocked out, hidden.
broken imperfect truth-about-forever
Some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic.
toxic about-yourself feels
Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.
tattoo girlfriend smart
It wasn't until Kiffney-Brown, when I met Jason Talbot, that I really thought I might actually have one of those boyfriend kind of stories to tell the next time I got together with my old friends. Jason was smart, good-looking, and seriously on the rebound after his girlfriend at Jackson dumped him for, in his words, 'a juvenile delinquent welder with a tattoo'.
response decided
So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.
i-like-you giving-up love-you
Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.