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    THE GREATEST GIFT

    My knee-jerk response to this question brought me back to a football game many years ago. My team kicked a meaningless field goal on the last play of the game to win by 10 points. The coach was loudly criticized for running up the score, rather than...

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    Best things of 2008

    Pat PacielloThe most significant event of 2008, besides the Giants winning the Super Bowl, was my wife's recent illness. She twice had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital. Eventually the doctors found out that her gall bladder was the source of the...

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    Des Cummings: Leading With Love

    Des Cummings is the Executive Vice President of Florida Hospital and Chairman of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce. Hear Des talk about building a business on a foundation of love, ethics and spirituality.


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    Happy Birthday, Arnold Palmer!

    Arnold Palmer, the commoner who became "The King" of golf, is celebrating his 80th birthday. He paused recently to talk to Growing Bolder about his greatest passion -- helping the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.


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    Actor James Garner Suffers Stroke

    Garner, an Oscar nominee for "Murphy's Romance" and star of TV shows including "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files," turned 80 in April.


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    My Life's in Jeopardy

    I spent Christmas day of 2008 on the pulmonary floor of Florida Hospital North in Altamonte Springs with a severe case of pneumonia in my right lung. I'm feeling better today, but living in a hospital room for five days is no picnic. I was poked and...

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    Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer at 62

    Farrah Fawcett, one of the original Charlie's Angels, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 62. Fawcett died at 9:28 a.m. PST at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif.


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    A Giving Spirit

    Penny Jones wanted to make a difference in her life, her children's lives, and in her community. She didn't have a lot of time or a lot of money. What she did have was a lot of love, and that proved to be more than enough.


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    Leroy, The Birdhouse Man

    One never knows who they are going to meet, but I'm sure happy to have met Leroy. I posted a new...

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    Susan Boyle Hospitalized after Losing

    Have you seen it yet? No, she didn't win, but how did she do? What did the judges say to her? Are the rumors about her tantrums and crackups true? What sent her to the hospital? Take a look and see for yourself!


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    Giving thanks for family

    It's hard to think that a year ago my mother was waiting to have her right lung removed. We found out in July of '06 that she had a tumor the size of a small orange growing in her lung. Mark and I had been to a Red Sox/D-Rays game the night before and...

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    St. Jude Children's Hospital fundraiser

    Just want to let everyone know that the 16th Annual St. Jude fundraiser is coming up very soon....

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    My very recent hospital visit

    I woke up around 9:30 Wed. morning and after a few minutes started feeling a terrible pain in my chest area. I thought I was having a heart attack. I managed to get to the kitchen and take an 81mg aspirin to try to avert this possible life threatening...

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    New Years Gives You a New Chance for Better Health

    As the year ends we know that some very notable people have hade health issues the last couple...

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    She Gave The Eternal Gift of Dance

    Cathy Gillaspie's passing came far too soon, but she left a touching and powerful legacy through the students whose lives she guided and the infants whose lives she helped save.


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    Reach For Your Dreams

    Dennis Walters was on the verge on making the PGA Tour when a freak accident left him paralyzed. But his dreams never died.


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    9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee!

    9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee! By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The...

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    Chest Pain; Why It Should Not Be Ignored

    Urban Meyer has taken a leave from coaching the Florida Gators due to chest pains he had...

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    Academy Award-Winner Seriously Hurt in Crash

    Morgan Freeman is reportedly in serious condition after a car accident in Mississippi.


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    Farrah Fawcett Before She Was Famous

    Charlie's favorite Angel has lost her battle against cancer. Her heroic struggle and her willingness to go public won the admiration of many. Here is a glimpse of Farrah before stardom.


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    Gerri and Brian Monaghan

    Together, this couple faced two battles: Brian's melanoma and the health-care system. After surviving both, they're sharing their tips for winning with an attitude.


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    Confronting Cancer Part 7: Facing the New Meg

    Throughout Meg Gaffney's battle with breast cancer, she's marked milestones. But this may be the most important of them all -- the first look in the mirror after her final reconstruction surgery.


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    Legendary Songwriter Dies at 96

    Songwriter Jack Lawrence, whose "Tenderly" launched the career of Rosemary Clooney and put Bobby Darin on the map with English lyrics to "Beyond the Sea," has died at the age of 96.


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    Small business owners

    I have just launched my company called "Fishbowl Cards". It is a gift and greeting card company that focuses on kids and adults with disabilities. There is nothing like this in the marketplace and until now has been completely ignored. I'm using my 30+...

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    Ellen Whitehurst

    You may not think that feng shui could be something that could help the Joe the Plumbers of the world, but you'd be surprised how ancient practices still have real-world impacts.


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    Arnold Palmer: Still on the Attack

    He quickly became a national folk hero and is credited with popularizing golf worldwide. Arnold Palmer doesn't play much competitive golf anymore, but as we found out, he still has plenty of game.


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    World's Oldest Living Woman

    Maria de Jesus-dos Santos is a Portuguese supercentenarian, and, since the November 26, 2008 death of American, Edna Parker, at age 115 years 220 days, is the world's oldest verified living person.


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    My quest for a shot at "The Amazing Race"

    CAUTION: GB MEMBER VIDEO AHEAD...KEEP READING ! ! ! What do you get when you mix the following elements: An “amazing” sense of adventure, a 13 page application form, a video camera and my sister, whom I’ve known for 36 years? It’s quite...

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    It Wasn't Easy Being Green

    Ed Begley, Jr. started growing bolder when growing bolder was NOT cool. He learned as a young boy never to waste anything. He was a starving actor down on his luck in 1970 when he bought an electric car. He said it wasn't as much to help the environment...

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    Step It Up

    Next week, I'll be participating in a Walk-n-Roll-a-Thon to benefit Step It Up Recovery at...

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    What's On Your Bucket List?

    What would you do if you knew your life was about to end? That's the premise of a new movie, starring some Hollywood heavyweights who are all about Growing Bolder in their real and make-believe worlds.


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    Beverlye Fead

    When doctors prescribed an intense plan to battle her advanced cancer, Beverlye Fead knew her body, and spirit, couldn't handle it. So she got new advice.


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    Was Joe Wilson right? Did President Obama Lie about health care for illegal aliens?

    One issue of the health debate has always bothered me is dogmatic conservative rhetoric about...

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    5 Questions With: Kelly Perkins

    Kelly Perkins' life came full circle for her. She's a heart transplant recipient who literally took the high road after her surgery and began climbing mountains to raise awareness of the need for organ donations.


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    The Fight Against Cancer Rolls On

    The American Cancer Society is fighting cancer with a 25,000 mile bus trip across the United States. Read on to see how this bus is encouraging politicians to make cancer a national priority.


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    Big Screen Dreams

    One woman's passion for film is paving the way for some senior filmmakers to find success on the big screen.


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    My Health Care Day

    A Health Care day for me. September 18, 2009 I had an interesting day yesterday, not my...

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    HOMECOMING

    My middle child (at 26 he would be mortified to hear me speak of him still as a child) has always had a bit of the wander lust in him. I said goodbye and sent him off to the University of Virginia, then New York City, and then last year to India. I had...

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    Actor Harvey Korman Dies

    Actor and comedian Harvey Korman, who was a regular on "The Carol Burnett Show" and appeared in a string of Mel Brooks films such as "Blazing Saddles" and "High Anxiety," died Thursday at age 81 at UCLA Medical Center.


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    Stroke and Recovery

    3 Stroke Monte--Making One Resilience Strong!!! Three Problems I had as a Stroke Victim as a Nurse.Are we looking at the stroke patient as human?Daniel E. Wimer, RN, BA, & Life CoachPersistence is a virtue that tries men souls!Overview:The Healthcare...

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    Give the Gift of Life

    A 17-year-old California girl died last week awaiting a liver transplant. Growing Bolder introduces you to a man who was one of the lucky ones to receive his transplant and is now spreading the message of organ donation.


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    RIP: Bruce Rossmeyer

    Growing Bolder friend Bruce Rossmeyer, the world's largest Harley Davidson dealer was killed Thursday in Wyoming while riding with friends to the 69th Annual Sturgis Rally.


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    Life's Lessons & Challenges

    Growing up in a house where our mother was a strong, dominant figure it took us by surprise when...

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    Know-How Saves Your Healthcare Dollars

    As a society we currently are questioning everything we know about healthcare. We wonder if we...

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    Nationalized Health Care = Red Tape Nightmare

    The idea of a national health care plan is ridiculous. Since the 2000 election, I've had...

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    Without a Transplant, They'll Die

    Several ago Ardell Lein was sleeping 18 hours a day. He was so weak he had to crawl up the steps to his bedroom. "I couldn't even help my wife carry groceries into the house," he remembers. Ardell suffered from congestive heart failure and when his...

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    Haiti Touches All

    My parents attend the First Baptist Church in Winter Park, Florida. They've been members there...

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    The Scoop on BOOP

    I received three letters in the mail ordering evaluations of some of my medical conditions. In...

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