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...
nice mean worry
If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.
giving doubt benefits
But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.
life eye lenses
Behind the camera, I was invisible. When I lifted it up to my eye it was like I crawled into the lens, losing myself there. and everything else fell away.
book school people
I'm incredibly flattered when people tell me that my books helped them through high school. Because of my own experience, the thought that something I wrote might help someone who felt the way I did when I was a teen...that's huge. It awes me.
people answers problem
But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.
life keys locks
Too many locks, not enough keys.
beautiful song stories
funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story
writing school emotional
I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].
long firsts said
It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will.
life death thinking
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.
grief grieving sorrow
Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.
missing-someone needs worst
The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.
giving willing
You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.
life long fit
But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere.