 leaving work, she had another staff member give me an envelope as she herself was leaving. In it was $200 as I recall. When I was able to thank her profusely the next day, I recall that she said when she was young and in a similar situation, someone had showed this same kindness to her. All she asked was that I also find opportunities in my life to help others out of gratitude for this kindness.
I have thought of this instance often, and have indeed looked for opportunities to help others. It made quite an impression on me. I have also grown to the realization that it is in giving that we receive our own supply, demonstrating God as the eternal source of all we need. And a final note, it was also at the BA that I learned about class instruction; I had never heard of that before. As I recall my various work experiences over the years, I think back fondly of my time at the BA, and how much I learned about being a better person, a better Christian Scientist, and a better reflection of God.
Ever since spending two days at Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association over Easter weekend in 1982, Christian Science Nurses have been my heroes. I had broken an elbow while falling on the ice. Although it was in a cast, the CS nurses were able to give me a shower and wash my hair, my first of both in several days. I had actually spent the previous two nights in a hospital, but not given any medical treatment or medications. I was under the care of a Christian Science practitioner. After a fellow church member drove me to the BA, I was given the best care ever! I just love how the Christian Science nurses just weren’t impressed by any of it. And it all led to a much quicker healing than anyone expected, well, except for the practitioner and the Christian Science nurses.
Bless you for being there, Benevolent Association! And for the loving care of Christian Science Nurses who see only the man that God made even while caring for the human need.
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Thanks for these beautiful memories.NORFOLK - — Steve Emt was on vacation on Cape Cod, pushing his wheelchair up a hill in Woods Hole, when one of those serendipitous moments that happen in life happened to him.
Tony Colacchio, who was volunteer assistant coach for the national wheelchair curling team, happened to drive by. He was in Falmouth for a ctournament. He saw Emt, parked his car and spent the next 40 minutes trying to find him.
“He said, ‘Are you local?’ I said, ‘I’m from Connecticut,’” Emt said Thursday after practice at the Norfolk Curling Club. “I got stalked into the sport.
That was 2013. Eight years later, Emt, 50, of Hebron, will be heading to his second Paralympic Games, which begin March 4 in Beijing. He is the only member returning from the 2018 U.S Paralympic team, which finished last out of 12 teams in the last lympic Games.
This motivates Emt, a former UConn basketball walk-on who was paralyzed in a car accident when he was 25.
Once Emt realized the commitment he would have to make to compete on the international level, he left his teaching job in Hebron. He is now a motivational speaker and travels the world to compete and practices in Norfolk, an hour and 15 minute drive from his house, four or five days a week.
The U.S. team finished fourth in the world championships in Beijing in late October.
The only difference between wheelchair curling and able-bodied curling is that there is no sweeping.
“You have to be that much more precise and accurate because you don’t have the sweeping as a backup to correct any minor inconsistencies,” said Jon Barbagallo, the ice technician at the Norfolk club who opens the club for Emt during the week and practices with him. “For the wheelchair guys, curling is more difficult than for us able-bodied folk.
Emt grew up in Hebron, where he was a three-sport athlete at RHAM High. He was an All-American soccer goalie. He was the all-time leading scorer in RHAM basketball history. He was an all-conference baseball player. He went to West Point but left school after his father died of a heart attack at age 57.
Emt ended up at UConn where, at 6 feet 4, 230 pounds, he walked onto the basketball team during the 1992 season. He saw only two minutes of playing time in two years but got to know Donyell Marshall, Kevin Ollie and Donny Marshall. They’re friends to this day.
He passed out while driving his truck about 85 mph on I-84 and crashed. The truck flipped over multiple times. Emt wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was thrown clear of the truck. He broke most of his ribs, his back in three places, had a head injury and massive internal bleeding. The crash severed his spinal cord.
He believes those six minutes kept him alive. He went through rehab. Began to coach boys basketball at RHAM, which he did for 20 years. Became a math teacher at RHAM Middle School, until he left in 2016.
He played wheelchair basketball and tennis. Competed in the New York City Marathon. None of it felt right.
Until he got on the ice that summer in Cape Cod. It was midnight, after the tournament had ended at the Cape Cod Curling Club. He was in short sleeves and sweatpants. It was 98 degrees outside. Crazy. What was he doing? He slid the curling stone down the ice for the first time. And then he did it again. And again.
“I was putting holes in the back wall because I didn’t realize how gentle you have to throw it,” he said, laughing.
“I had to tone everything down. From being a UConn basketball player and a baseball player and a soccer player, talking smack, chest bumping, to this where it’s a complete 180. It’s mental. You got to calm down. I was all fired up my first couple years and awful because of it.
Emt found out Thursday night that the his team would be shut down during January due to the recent COVID-19 surge. The team won’t be able to train together until they leave for the Paralympics in mid-February.
But like everything else, Emt took that in stride. What else can he do?
“My book is about looking at yourself as your own hero,” he said. “Who’s your hero? You’re your own hero. Larry Bird was my hero growing up. But at 25, when I was told I was never going to walk again, he wasn’t going to help me get through it. At the end of the day, it was up to me.
Some damning footage of Def Jam signee and Chief Keef affiliate, Lil Reese has made it onto the Internets. In cell phone video footage, Reese is seen arguing with a girl who seems to be trying to kick him out of an apartment. Things get testy with Reese eventually punching and kicking the girl.
The girl is heard saying “Keep your hands to yourself, though,” and “They ain’t stop making guns when they made yours” while Reese, wearing a red hoodie is clearly seen trying to intimidate her. After Reese says “Stop talking to me like that,” he is seen mushing the girl in the face. She proceeds to push him back, calls him “A b-tch @ss ni–a” and then the rapper proceeds to start wailing on her.
So much for contrition. No matter when this incident took place, it should have never happened. We don’t know the circumstances of what exactly happened since this clip is only 1:11 long, but a dude wailing on a girl like that, even after she fell to the ground and stopped fighting back, is degenerate behavior.
Watch the footage for yourself below. Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
 May! Did you have a good April? This last month has been our most entertaining month of the year.
We started the month off with a 4 day visit to San Diego. On the way to our Airbnb, we visited Legoland. We have definitely gotten the full value out of our Legoland passes. It’s awesome to be able to visit the amusement park on Thursday since it is quite empty, with no wait for any rides.
In San Diego, we went to Sea World two days in a row. One of the days, our son wanted to spend most of the day just playing with the toys in the gift shops. Since we have season passes to Sea World, we did not feel any rush in getting through as many rides, shows and exhibits as possible. We patiently waited as our son spent much of his time just playing with sea creature toys.
I’m glad we found a nice Airbnb for our stay. It was nice having so much space, free parking, and it felt like a home away from home. On our last day in San Diego, we went to visit a beach for the first time. Our kids got a chance to run around on the wet sand and splash in the water. We had a blast!
We recently purchased annual membership to the La Habra Children’s Museum for $80 for