Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Dec 2, 2009, 3:01 pm
I saw this story on ESPN and was truly moved.  Not only by the story itself, and the coaches and players who did such a marvelous thing, but by Jake’s amazing attitude and maturity. The part t...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Dec 1, 2009, 6:43 pm
Some friends of ours came to the house to see Coleman the other day.  Our friends have gotten to that point where they don’t even pretend to be there to see us.  All pretense is gone.   They’r...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Nov 27, 2009, 6:56 pm
About eight months after becoming a quadriplegic, I was enduring a particularly difficult time.  I’d been blessed, and up to that time hadn’t really gone through and depression of any kind.  But...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Nov 23, 2009, 2:51 pm
Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd, is Happy Birthday in Dutch, and 62 years ago today my mother was born in the Netherlands. I wanted to take the chance here to wish her a happy birthday.  God blessed me the ...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Nov 17, 2009, 7:19 pm
This past week I had the chance to attend a fund raiser for The Christmas Box House, a great charity started by Richard Paul Evans—the New York Times Bestselling author of 16 titles including his fi...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Nov 16, 2009, 4:58 pm
Kolette and I have heard a little wheezing and coughing the last few nights and felt pretty sure that Coleman had a cough/cold.  However, we weren’t quite sure whether or not he had contracted ...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Nov 10, 2009, 5:27 pm
Our first matter of business is to announce the winner of our giveraway.  The lucky person (chosen randomly) is…………..(drumroll please)………….Trish, who shared a great thought about her ...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Nov 5, 2009, 6:06 pm
About a week ago, I asked Kolette if she would add some green grapes to the grocery list.  She usually just picks up red grapes and I was jonesin’ for some green ones.  She must have gone to the s...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Nov 4, 2009, 5:08 pm
If you’ve never checked out Lifehacker.com, you really should.  It’s built on the idea that you can “hack” or find “work arounds” to eliminate much of the regular mundane stuff that bogs...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Oct 28, 2009, 5:56 pm
Cole & I figuring it out in the "early days" A couple of days ago I was looking at the blog stats for both Man On The Inside and The Champion Inside blogs and I found that we’d made the big time. ...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Oct 22, 2009, 6:36 pm
I have been taught the importance of being positive from the youngest days of my life.  I don’t remember a time when having a PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) wasn’t a regular part my parents instr...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Oct 16, 2009, 5:39 pm
When I came into the life insurance industry, I was blessed with great success—success that many never thought possible.  Much of that success was due to mentors who took a direct interest in my dr...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Oct 15, 2009, 5:13 pm
One of the real joys of being a Dad who works for himself from home is that I get to be around to see firsthand all the fun things my boy does during the day. Sometimes they’re big and groundbre...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Oct 7, 2009, 4:59 pm
Coleman has learned how to crawl.  It’s not the full “on all fours” crawl, but he can military crawl with the best of ‘em — and let me tell you, it’s meant big cha...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Sep 29, 2009, 12:32 pm
My Mom came back from seeing her new grandchild in Connecticut bursting with excitement about something she’d seen there—a video baby monitor.  My brother and sister-in-law had one and my mom sai...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Sep 11, 2009, 12:12 pm
Yesterday was just one of those days.  Being a quadriplegic with all of the other surgeries piled on top from the car accident, there are just some days when you don’t feel well.  There’s not re...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Sep 7, 2009, 1:51 pm
When I was a kid, Labor Day was always a different kind of Holiday around my house.  My mom and dad took the day’s name literally and we Labored all Day. I would be in my yard digging, weeding, or...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Sep 2, 2009, 6:20 pm
A little over a week ago, Coleman started sitting up.  It started with Kolette putting him in the right position and him more “leaning with help” than actually sitting.  It wasn’t ...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Sep 1, 2009, 11:58 am
A cut from one of my presentations that has always been one of my favorites. Tell me what you think. Enjoy! Jh- Posted in Believe Tagged: Act, Believe, Spasms, Video
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Aug 27, 2009, 5:37 pm
Today is Coleman’s 7 month old “birthday.” (That makes him .58 of a year old) Today I thought about all the things I’ve been able to watch him do over those 7 months.  I thought of how I�...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Aug 21, 2009, 12:50 pm
What if earlier today when you opened up the mailbox to get the daily mail amidst all the coupons and bills you found a letter from a law firm you’d never heard of—a  law firm that said they ...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Aug 19, 2009, 6:56 pm
This week, Coleman caught his first cold. He’s got the whole 9 yards—runny nose, cough, difficulty sleeping, and he’s a little snarky. But, the hardest part has to be sitting by and lis...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Aug 19, 2009, 6:08 pm
So much of what we hear on the radio today is music filled with lyrics about how horrible life can be. You don’t have to listen very long to hear about “bad days” and how “life...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Aug 11, 2009, 5:56 pm
Over the last few weeks our house has become a much noisier place. What used to be a quiet work environment for Kolette and I is now filled with all sorts of grunts, squeals and growls. Coleman‘s s...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Aug 5, 2009, 7:26 pm
Coleman just went in for his six month check up with the doctor–and for those who were wondering, he’s not getting any smaller. Last check up he was in the 95th percentile in weight and 90th p...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Jul 31, 2009, 5:14 pm
In our lives, there are times when we find ourselves in a situation where we’ve done our best to keep up, to do what’s right and despite our most valiant efforts, our best just isn’t good en...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Jul 20, 2009, 2:00 pm
“Thrill, Chills and Spills……This one’s got it all!”  -Variety “Now, this is a movie I can sink my teeth into.” -Dallas Morning News “Moviemaking at it&...
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Jason H. posted an article on Man on the Inside - Jul 13, 2009, 2:46 pm
The Future There’s little question that our future lies in the hands of our children. For the most part, this makes people nervous, and if you spend very much time watching the news or reading the ...
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Jason H. posted an article on The Champion Inside - Jul 4, 2009, 3:01 pm
Independence Day On this Fourth of July people’s minds begin to turn to their freedoms. They begin to think about how grateful they are to live in a country where they can live, act, and worship fr...
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