http://uromed.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/courage-is-the-key-to-overcome-fear-with-thomas-exler/ From UroMed Hometown Heroes – Originally posted on January 25, 2012 I’m often asked, “Why is a support group so important for an individual who has a physical challenge to overcome?” The only way to get courage is to face your fears and overcome them. The benefits of courage are success, happiness and bravery. Most people run away from fear….
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Jamie Holmes Founded Jamie’s Dream Team to Help Others
http://uromed.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/jamie-holmes-founded-jamies-dream-team-to-help-others/ UroMed Hometown Hero – Jamie Holmes Part 3 From the time I was very young, I knew I wanted to start a non-profit organization to help others. That’s why once I graduated from high school, I started Jamie’s Dream Team. I contacted an attorney my family knew, and she filed the paperwork to create Jamie’s…
A Life-Changing Decision: Jamie Holmes Decides Christmas is About Giving, Not Receiving
http://uromed.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/a-life-changing-decision-jamie-holmes-decides-christmas-is-about-giving-not-receiving/ UroMed Hometown Hero – Jamie Holmes Part 2 – Originally Posted DECEMBER 7, 2011 Right before I was 15-years old, I went in for another surgery. My sister always would stay with me in the hospital before my operations. This time there was a little girl in the room with me who needed a heart transplant. Her…
Jamie Holmes of Jamie’s Dream Team Explains You Have to Know What Your Focus Is
http://uromed.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/jamie-holmes-of-jamies-dream-team-explains-you-have-to-know-what-your-focus-is/ UroMed Hometown Hero – Jamie Holmes Part 1 – Originally Posted DECEMBER 6, 2011 Hi, my name is Jamie Holmes. I’m 24-years old and live with a condition called V.A.T.E.R. Syndrome, which was diagnosed in utero. I have endured over 42 surgeries in my life, with the surgeries starting at the time of my birth, to reconstruct my…
James Cole – Overcoming Adversity – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 3 of 3 – Including The Short Film “The Night Before”
Part 1 – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 2 – “A Life of Long Odds” Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a 3 part series by James Cole – A Life of Long Odds – and we at Courage to Shine would like to thank James for showing the courage to help inspire us and…
James Cole – Overcoming Adversity – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 2 of 3
Part 1 – “A Life of Long Odds “A LIFE OF LONG ODDS” Part 2 of 3 By James Cole After moving to Cape Cod and starting a new life, I felt reborn. I had many new friends, a renewed passion for my filmmaking, art, and even acting – participating in two high school…
James Cole – Overcoming Adversity – “A Life of Long Odds” Part 1 of 3
“A Life of Long Odds” Part 1 of 3 By James Cole I was born on an August day in 1966 with a birth defect the doctors at our local hospital could not identify. My parents were only told that my bladder was on the outside, and that I was in critical condition. It wasn’t…
Megg Rose – Inspirational Story of Triumphing over Medical Adversity – Part 2 of 3
Editor’s Note from Thomas Exler: I first met Megg Rose in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado while attending a medical based camp program, and over the years we have continued to stay in touch, and no matter if she was shooting a TV Movie or competing in pageants, or raising her family. If you wanted to…
Megg Rose – Inspirational Story of Triumphing over Medical Adversity – Part 1 of 3
Editor’s Note from Thomas Exler: I first met Megg Rose in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado while attending a medical based camp program, and over the years we have continued to stay in touch, and no matter if she was shooting a TV Movie or competing in pageants, or raising her family. If you wanted to…
Enrique Escajada – Aerialist Overcomes Adversity to Fly
Aerialist Overcomes Adversity to Fly by Enrique Escajeda Hello, My name Is Enrique Escajeda and I was born with Bladder Exstrophy. For those that don’t know bladder exstrophy is when a person is born with their bladder on the outside of the body. It’s a complicated ailment that demands many surgeries especially throughout childhood. The…
JAMIE HOLMES-WARD – Jamie’s Dream Team
DREAMS BY HOLMES, A YOUNG LADY WHO TRULY MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE. By Thomas Exler Twenty-four year old Jamie Holmes, from White Oak, Pennsylvania has been named as the first Courage to Shine™ – Role Model of the Month for the Courage to Shine™ program. Jamie has earned this recognition because she has turned her…
Happy New Year’s and Welcome to Courage to Shine
Welcome to Courage to Shine and our New website at http://www.courage-to-shine.org!! Courage to Shine other sites: Courage to Shine YouTube Site: http://www.youtube.com/couragetoshine Courage to Shine Facebook Site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/COURAGE-TO-SHINE/104427046255572 Courage To Shine ™ a website that will contain some of the most inspirational stories of people overcoming medical challenges and “Turning Adversity to Triumph.” ***************************** Courage To Shine ™, Turning Adversity to…
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