false18802992100264Ward Foley We are not given a good life or bad life, we are given life and it is up to us to make it good or bad.
THANK MY LUCKY SCARS
WRITER'S DIGEST
Judge's Commentary:
There is not a doubt in my mind that Ward Foley is probably one of the most inspiring and amazing persons?let alone writer?out there in the world today. Born with a life-threatening and life-debilitating disease only to overcome it and then be burned in a donut shop as a teenager, beaten, nearly killed in a car accident and forced to endure the loss of a close friend, Ward Foley has not had it easy. But no one would ever suspect it. His optimism, faith and deep understanding of his life, purpose and mission exude through every page, and I am sure he's a delight in person. The book was thoroughly professional?the title (albeit cheesy, at first look) works, the cover design is appealing and the editing was outstanding. This is the perfect book for people who enjoy being (and or need to feel) inspired by, rather than dragged through the trenches of, life's ups and downs. For those filling their Amazon shopping carts with books like The Last Lecture, Big Russ and Me and Tuesdays With Morrie, they should add this one to the list.
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