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...
choices world suggestions
But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions.
used fairs
Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.
thinking way-of-thinking negative
It wasn’t so much that I was positive. I just wasn’t fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore.
years car waiting
I wasn't ready for this, but then I probably never would be, and this year, like so much else, wouldn't wait. I had no choice but to get out of my car, with everyone watching and begin in earnest, alone. So I did
thinking differences easy
I wasn’t ready to think about the other yet: that it wasn’t that I wasn’t right for Macon, but that maybe he wasn’t right for me. There was a difference. Even for someone who things didn’t come easy for, someone like me.
girl mother determination
I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us: Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength, Marion's determination, and Michael's sly humor. I wasn't sure what I could give, not just yet. But I would know when I told her about the comet, years from now, I would know. And I would lean close to her ear, saying the words no one else could hear, explaining it all. The language of solace and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.
sequels originals
My experience is that sequels are rarely as good as the originals.
space stories rooms
All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves out and fill the space she'd left behind.
forever lasts this-lullaby
Some things don't last forever, but some things do.
running sleep fighting
I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I felt pulled in all directions, fighting to keep all these obligations circling in the air above me. It was only a matter of time before something fell.
doe said ifs
Nah," I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike." "What?" "He'll understand.
book thinking reader
I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.
life ocean sea
Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, then pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We make such messes in this life, both accidentally and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are.
inspirational silence loud
Silence is so freaking loud