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...Latin dancer and singer before being introduced to woodworking. Regarding this work as an essential like food, by 1986 he apprenticed to a cabinetmaker and seven years after toiled in a basement shop. In 1995, he became owner of this storefront showcase and workshop. Letter holders, games, and pencil holders sell for $25. Beds, bookcases, tables, entertainment centers, coat racks, computer desks can be custom ordered in modern or country style...
...though, are the relationships that emerge. Hope single mom Jeanette Laws and her family took to senior Irene Bohn, 77, a former nun and schoolteacher, after Bohn began to tutor Laws' son Brandon, now 12. When Brandon first arrived at Hope at age six, he "couldn't hold a pencil, didn't know colors," recalls Laws, who suspects he had been involved in a cult. But Bohn persisted, encouraging him. In the fall Brandon--until now in special ed--will start school in a regular class for the first time. On those rare nights Bohn doesn't come over...
Erik, as he stumbled through the icefall, was so far out of his comfort zone that he began to speculate on which of those fates might await him. For a moment he flashed on all those cliches about what blind people are supposed to do--become piano tuners or pencil salesmen--and thought maybe they were stereotypes for good reason. Blind people certainly shouldn't be out here, wandering through an ever changing ice field, measuring the distance over a 1,000-ft.-deep crevasse with climbing poles and then leaping, literally, over and into the unknown...
...Erik, as he stumbled through the icefall, was so far out of his comfort zone that he began to speculate on which of those fates might await him. For a moment he flashed on all those clichEs about what blind people are supposed to do?become piano tuners or pencil salesmen?and thought maybe they were stereotypes for good reason. Blind people certainly shouldn't be out here, wandering through an ever changing ice field, measuring the distance over a 1,000-ft.-deep crevasse with climbing poles and then leaping, literally, over and into the unknown...
Sure it looks like fun and games-free passes into the hottest sporting events, hobnobbing with famous players and dedicating your life to something most pencil-pushers can only dream about. And it is fun to watch the games, meet your heroes and enjoy what you are doing, but being a sportswriter is not all it's cracked...