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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/survivors-around-the-globe/survivor-around-globe-tricia-bonilla-harrison/

    Survivor Around the Globe, Tricia Bonilla Harrison

    The Strength of Love Bombs were exploding in my head. One after the other. It was the single most extraordinary pain I have experienced in my life. I never knew that I knew what an aneurysm was until one of mine was rupturing. Just like that, a simple and ordinary day changed into a day […]

    Posted on Sunday, September 17, 2017
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/honoring-the-taken/honoring-taken-joe-lascola/

    Honoring the Taken, Joe LaScola

    It is so heavy to face the fact that my husband, Joe, has passed. Today is almost 24 months since his passing. Nights and mornings feel the same time to me – when I close my eyes, I open in the morning with bitter reality-feelings. Maybe I would have been stronger if he died from […]

    Posted on Sunday, September 17, 2017
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/survivors-around-the-globe/survivor-around-globe-carol-carlson/

    Survivor Around the Globe, Carol Carlson

    It was a beautiful early fall day in October 2002.  My wife, Carol, and I had both taken a day off from work that Friday to do mundane things in the yard and house.  We had recently experienced a comfortable change in our lives, being no longer responsible for the day to day parenting of […]

    Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2017
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/facilitator-spotlight/facilitator-spotlight-mary-pat-baldauf/

    Facilitator Spotlight, Mary Pat Baldauf

    How did you first discover the Joe Niekro Foundation? When I woke up in the hospital after having had a brain aneurysm, my sister Beth shared information about JNF with me. I was clueless about what had happened to me and wanted to know more. What do you do as a volunteer for the foundation? […]

    Posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2017
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/survivors-around-the-globe/survivor-around-globe-tara-thornton/

    Survivor Around the Globe, Tara Thornton

    In Oct of 2006 I started having memory and balance issues. At that time I was a cocktail waitress in a casino in Las Vegas. An EMT at work suggested I  get checked out by my doctor. I made an appointment for the next day. My doctor thought I had a herniated disc and sent […]

    Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017
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