Showing posts with label Health stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health stories. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Being Proud Of A Handicap by reader's Digest

Story title: Being Proud Of A Handicap
By: Reader's Digest
Written by Ethel Chapman

     A little boy had broken his leg and had to use a crutch. Sometimes he forgot about it and tried to run and then he would fall and hurt himself. How he hated that crutch !

Saturday, February 27, 2010

STORY: Playground Inspiration by Irene Sax in Newsday

Story title : Playground Inspiration 
By: Irene Sax

      Jane Nidetch was a 214 pound housewife. She was desperate to lose weight. After two steady months of dieting, she was still 50 pounds overweight. So she invited six overweight friends to her house to share her diet and talk about how to stay on it.
     Today, 28 years later, one million members attend 25,000 Weight Watchers' meeting in 24 countries every week.
     Mrs. Nidetch says she got her inspiration to help people take control of their lives, from a childhood