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Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver has a gorgeous Super Bowl ring Luke Joeckel Jaguars Jersey , a beautiful family, a successful charitable foundation that's put underprivileged children through college, and seemingly the world at his feet. But when he was growing up dirt-poor inHouston,Texas, his breakaway speed was used for something else - stealing cars.
That's what his athletic talents were used for. As a kid, Driver, who was nicknamed "Quickie" says he stole as many as 30 cars in his lifetime to support his homeless family, who would drift from place to place, looking for a place to sleep at night, including sleeping in U-haul trailers and on the street. He also sold drugs to support them Paul Posluszny Jaguars Jersey , though he swears he himself never tried them.
Then one day, when he was in the midst of stealing a car, he heard sirens. He put his foot on the gas and hit an elderly woman's car as she was backing out of the driveway. He jumped out of the car and run, but turned around when he thought of the woman. He had to turn back and make sure she was okay. When he ran over to her to help her, she told him to go sit on her porch.
When the cops came to her, she told them the thief had run away and she didn't get a good look. The police then asked who was the teenager sitting on her porch swing. "Oh that's just my grandson."
Driver couldn't believe that this woman, a perfect stranger, would stick up for him after he did this. After the police left, she scolded him, told him he could be doing so much more with his life Roy Miller Jersey , that he could be something and not have to live this way. He vowed to change his life for the better, although he continued to struggle and at times, slipped up.
Soon after he was sent to live with his biological grandmother, although he continued to maintain a relationship with his "pretend grandmother" and saving grace who he calls Grandma Johnson and still visits inHouston. He became a member of a local church and began playing high school football. He accepted a college scholarship to play football and run track atAlcornState.
In 1999 he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers with the 213th overall pick. His climb in the Packers' organization, a team that possesses a true knack for uncovering diamonds in the rough and cultivating them into top-tier talent, was steady. But in four years, he was selected to the Pro Bowl, the first of three Pro Bowl selections. Then in 2011, he won a Super Bowl ring.
It'd be easy to stop there, but Driver's real accomplishment is using his story to empower other people who are struggling. He and his wife Betina created the Donald Driver Foundation to assist families of ill children who are struggling to pay hospital bills and provide housing for homeless families. He was awarded the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his efforts Bryan Anger Jersey , the most prestigious NFL award given annually to the league's ultimate humanitarian.
The lesson in all this? Driver was far from a perfect human being. He stole from people. He sold drugs. But he fought his way out of it. No matter what you are struggling with in your own life, know that you CAN climb out of it. Your past does not have to dictate your future. Just because you've done wrong in your life - abused alcohol, stolen to support your drug habit, or lied to the people you love - doesn't mean you can't reap the benefits of a rewarding, happy life. God forgives those who ask for forgiveness and are willing to change. Make the vow to change today and turn your life around forever. You possess the power to do it, but it all starts with believing.
锘? A sleep lab patient, Pasadena resident William H. Chapman, was tested after his wife wrote his doctor to express concern about his restless sleep. Chapman, 61, has been a heavy snorer for decades.
"The descriptions of my snoring went from something like a growling bear to a machine that was going to knock down the house Tyson Alualu Jersey ," he said. When he and his son went camping in southern Utah last year, his son asked him to sleep in the truck.
He felt bone-tired during the day, what he describes as "30 years struggling against this weariness that you feel perpetually. No alertness. No get-up-and-go."
Finally, Chapman spent a night at Torrance Memorial, plugged into the polysomnograph. The test results were startling: He was holding his breath as many as 57 times an hour, each time for 10 to 40 seconds. He would wake repeatedly as he held his breath, meaning that he unknowingly was sleeping only four or five hours a night.
A federal report concluded that while 60 million Americans suffer from apnea, narcolepsy and other chronic sleep problems, the majority are undiagnosed and untreated. Despite its pervasiveness and impact upon the society, sleep-related problems are not recognized as a public health issue.
The most common and severe form Chris Clemons Jersey , called obstructive sleep apnea, features extremely loud snoring interrupted by pauses and gasps. Breathing stops for 10 seconds or longer, sometimes dozens or even hundreds of times each night.
Most frequently, the airway becomes blocked during sleep due to excessive relaxation of throat muscles. In children, sleep apnea is often the result of enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
People with sleep apnea may show signs of anxiety, depression, irritability, forgetfulness and fatigue during the day. Recent studies have found that sleep apnea sufferers have two to five times as many automobile accidents as people in the general population.
Treatment includes weight reduction (most people with severe sleep apnea are overweight); avoiding alcohol with.
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