Olympic Skater Delivers Speed - With a Smile
The starter's pistol blasts, and before the first echo reverberates around the rink, Catriona LeMay Doan bolts down the ice.
She powers around the oval in a graceful rythmn – her legs sweeping left, right, left, right; her body gliding along in peaceful motion. Her thighs burn but she bites down on the pain. It's the Olympics, and Catriona's...... >Read More
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What I Almost Threw Away
I am not afraid of change. Educated and independent I left everything familiar to pursue an MBA in a foreign country, and eventually moved across the world to be with the man I love. I had the dream – the job, the family, the adventure – and I nearly threw it all away.
I had everything I needed in Venezuela.... >Read More
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Why Me?
"Boy, God must really be gunning for you!"
As the tears began to stream down my face, I was grateful we were working in the relative darkness of an ultrasound room. The comment made by a nurse was simply an off-handed remark. The words themselves were harmless, but they gained power and cut deep because they echoed the feelings that... >Read More
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Olympic Gold Isn't For Everyone -- But Excellence Is
Twenty two years ago, Kathy Kreiner stood on the Olympic podium listening to Canada's national anthem being played in her honour. The gold medal had just been placed around her neck, and as the Canadian flag rose against the backdrop of the mountains near Innsbruck, Austria, a swell of emotion and pride passed through the hearts of Canadians everywhere.
A...... >Read More
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Strength of Character
Right from the start, it was obvious that Catherine Reddick had talent. Her five-year-old soccer team was all boys except for three girls. Catherine scored five goals in one game. The other girls were skipping and acting silly, but not Catherine. Catherine was playing hard and she wanted to win.
Catherine loved soccer, but her family made...... >Read More
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The Teachable Teacher
When I was growing up, I was a lively child. When I began attending school, I loved my first grade teacher so much that I decided to become a primary school teacher. In the pursuit of this goal, I entered an education course that had opened in Kiev during my final year in high school.
There, for the first time,... >Read More
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How I Got a Life
I grew up in Sacramento, California in a family of five. We went to church, but I found it boring and irrelevant to my life and family. When I was a teenager, my parents divorced and I deeply felt the loss of a father figure in my life. I had no use for religion at the time and found... >Read More
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The Heart of an Olympian
Michelle appeared to have it all - a successful soccer career, awards,... >more
The Rock
I based my whole life on a t-shirt which read: "Basketball is... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)