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...
lifestyle finest terrible
Lifestyle is an terrible, unpleasant put to not have a very finest buddy.
thinking alive firsts
Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.
age happens things-happen
Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.
football team lunch
When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The guys I liked were quirky and different: They listened to music I'd never heard of, never had lunch or gas money, and could always make you laugh.
running wings said
'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
scare want needs
It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do -need to do- more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.
hurt eyebrows scar
I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known.
regret real night
Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns." "Yup." I just looked at him. "What?" he said, glancing over at me. "That is not a real answer," I told him. "Says who?" "Says me. I meant a real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence." He thought for a second. "Clowns.
know-me knows
And to know me, as you have discovered, is to love me.
world lost
In midair, dangling lost above the world.
feel-better left-behind feels
I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.
depressing morning sunset
The end of a wedding reception is always so depressing. And only the bride and groom are spared, jetting off into the sunset while the rest of us wake up the next morning to just another day.
summer
It’s funny how one summer can change everything.
beautiful believe makeup
Looking at her, I thought again how beautiful she was - even in jeans and a T-shirt, no makeup, she was breathtaking. So much so that it was hard to believe she could ever have looked at herself and seen anything else.