Nov. 1986- saw Rick Hanson

Birgie47

In November of 1986 I watched Rick Hanson roll through Clarkson & Mississauga on his "Man in Motion World Tour". I was terribly overweight under major stress at work and at home trying hard to be happy for the sake my family. My children deserved to have a happy family.
Anyways as I stood there watching him in his wheelchair with the music of St. Almo's Fire blaring from the loud speakers, I realized that if this man can travel the world in a wheel chair surely I can overcome some of my own obstacles.
I began to cry watching him as he passed by photographing the moment. On the 11 o'clock news that nite, there I was standing crying watching this magical man pass me by on the Lakeshore In Clarkson, Ontario.
That Christmas the family went to Disney World to fulfill a promise made years ago to the children, followed by something for myself to make a difference so I made a New Years Resolution to lose 60 lbs. by the following June for my 40th birthday. Mission was accomplished.