January 9th, 2009
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Growing Bolder Insider Volume 23
Fasten Your Seat BeltHere at GrowingBolder.com, it's already been an exciting, inspiring, rewarding and sometimes frustrating journey, and we've yet to pull out of the garage. But the GB Mobile is just about gassed up and ready to go. Soon, you'll hear and read about the community you've helped build in newspapers, magazines and on TV. We're using your feedback to add new features and make the site easier to navigate. You've inspired us and helped fill the GB channels with fun, inspiring and helpful stories. The result is a community unlike any other in history. If you haven't registered for the site, now is the time for you, your family and friends to jump on board. We won't be awarding Charter Member badges much longer.
Forget Politics
That's Not What This Story is About
His biggest audience four years ago was a family of four looking for a new refrigerator. Now, he's in demand worldwide, entertaining live audiences in the thousands and TV audiences in the millions. His story is a life lesson for us all. Proof, once again, that it's never too late, there's power in belief, opportunity knocks in strange and unforeseen ways and risk does have its reward.
Come along as John Morgan transforms his life with inspiration and imitation.
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Songs of a Lifetime
Guitarist Bob Rafkin has enjoyed a rich, musical life. He began his career in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s. He was in San Francisco and saw Hendrix. He spent two decades in LA, working with the Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell and Arlo Guthrie. He even wrote a song recorded by the Byrds. Now, in his 60s, he's overcome a brush with prostate surgery to emerge more prolific and poetic than ever. Like a fine wine, the music of Bob Rafkin keeps getting better with age.
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Fostering Family Love
After raising two children, Rose Ann DeVito discovered she had a big, empty home and a lot of love still left to give.
So she began taking in foster children, especially those who were harder to place.
Then one day, she met a boy who would change her life, so she worked to change his.
Growing Bolder introduces you to the 65-year-old "new" mom of four.
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Breathing Easy Again
When doctors told Reuben McDonald and his wife that his failing lungs only had a few breaths left in them, the couple decided to become their own health advocates.
After a double lung transplant, he's breathing easy, and they're working to share their story with others who have lost hope.
See how the surgery changed both their lives.
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GB Radio
Unlike many children of legends, Rain Pryor is on her way to becoming a force to be reckoned with in her own right. The actress, singer, writer, producer and comedian has raised a lot of eyebrows with her new book, "Jokes My Father Never Taught Me."
It has been described as an intimate, hilarious and above all else, brutally honest look at the life of her late father, Richard Pryor. Rain tells the Growing Bolder Radio Show that her childhood was never easy but it was always interesting.
She shares some of the secrets of her father's life and describes some of the most important lessons she learned.
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GB Member Spotlight
Meet Sandy ScottGrowing Bolder member Sandy Scott is a beast on wheels. Just two years after breaking his neck in a cycling accident, he is shattering state records! Last month, the 67-year-old cycling stud broke the state record for the 5K time trial and he even broke the record for the younger age group! At the end of the day, Sandy owned all three time trial records for the state of Florida in the 5K, 10K and 20K. He's also a proud member of the GB community and is ready to talk bikes with anyone interested. Click here to check out his profile page and get inspired by his motivation and drive today!
In the next Growing Bolder Insider: Get ready for some major role reversals in the years ahead. Nate Leech is a perfect example. For years, he attended every one of his kids' sports games and swim meets. Now, the kids are coming to watch dad compete and win national championships!
Archive
Deep Thoughts
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
-- English author Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), who was better known by her pen name, George Eliot
A Look Back
Jan. 7, 1926
George Burns and Gracie Allen are married. They become superstars of radio and early TV. Gracie died in 1964 and George faded from view. He unexpectedly soared to new heights of popularity late in life, starring on stage, movies and television, working right up to his death in 1996 at the age of 100.
Jan. 8, 1935
The King is born. Elvis Presley comes into the world in a two-room house Tupelo, Mississippi. His twin dies in childbirth, leaving him an only child. His looks, sensuality and charisma revolutionized music and changed the world. Presley died in 1977 at the age of 42.
Jan. 10, 1964
The Beatles release their first U.S. album, "Introducing The Beatles."
Jan. 10, 2003
500 Beatles tapes, known as the "Get Back sessions," are found in London, more than 30 years after they were stolen.
Jan. 11, 1964
For the first time, the U.S. government acknowledges that smoking may be hazardous to your health.
Jan. 11, 1964
The country's first disco, the Whisky a Go Go, opens on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The club is the birthplace of many trends, including Go-Go dancers in cages.
Jan. 12, 1959
Using an $800 family loan, 29-year-old Berry Gordy Jr. forms his first record label, Tamla Records. He went on to merge Tamla with its sister label to create Motown Records. That label became a key catalyst in the racial integration of popular music.
Jan. 12, 1961
Motown Records signs The Primettes to a recording contract and convinces them to change their name. They eventually settle on one suggested by Florence Ballard -- The Supremes.