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Woman with No Arms Earns Black Belt in Taekwondo

Seeded on Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:23 PM EDT
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Right from the start, Sheila Radziewicz was a miracle baby. The girl born 32 years ago with a genetic disorder — without arms or kneecaps — wasn't supposed to live more than a few days, or walk, or talk. And, she most definitely wasn't expected to earn a black belt in taekwondo, either, but Radziewicz has achieved all that and much, much more.

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pinkcap

I had seeded this article a couple of hours ago and found that the link was not taking people to the article. When I tried to fix it, I ended up deleting the article by mistake. I apologize to those whose posts were deleted in the process.

I found this woman to be inspirational. She reminded me of a woman I met at Target a couple of weeks ago. This woman had no arms and was looking at the cookies. I thought she was going to ask someone to help her, but she grabbed the bag with her teeth and put it in her cart. Next, she's grabs a 12 pack of soda with her legs and places it on the bottom of her cart. I thought she was absolutely amazing. I was talking to her as we walked to the check out and found that she teaches others with similar disabilities how to cope. She was so positive. When I see people who do such amazing things with these disabilities, I am humbled. I always wonder if I would be as positive and independent if the situations were reversed.

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Reply#1 - Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:30 PM EDT
rottlady

I'm so glad you got the link fixed. This woman is such an inspiration! Great seed, thanks for preserving!

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Reply#2 - Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:35 PM EDT
Tedd Riggs

Pinkcap,

You had about 6 people look at it. I put the URL in there for you so people could go to the article and see the story. Neat story by the way !

  • 2 votes
Reply#3 - Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:54 PM EDT
pinkcap

I saw that. Thank you for doing that. I went back to see what went wrong because I copied the address of the page the article was on, but it turns out that not all of it was copied. I tried to correct in case someone didn't see your post, but I inadvertently erased the entire article. I felt terrible because the responses were erased in the process. Now I know what not to do if it ever happens again. Usually, I test the link before I post it, but I was in a hurry today and just assumed it would be ok.

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#3.1 - Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:33 PM EDT
Tedd Riggs

I've done the same thing before and its a rotten feeling to wipe out all those readers comments. Those things happen !

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#3.2 - Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:04 PM EDT
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