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I’ve never told this story before
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In 12th grade I had straight A’s in honors classes - 103% in honors English while I’m tooting my own horn
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Here’s the catch though: they weren’t going to let me graduate
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I missed a total of about 45-50 days of school
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I was in the hospital for everything from West Nile Virus, Swine flu, ribs popped out of place (yay muscle relaxers), and a broken pelvic bone to name a few
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Most days I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning because my body was swollen and stiff with rheumatoid arthritis
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I was prescribed at least 7 different medications to help with my “chronic depression”, “crippling anxiety”, “insomnia” and any other label they wanted to throw at me
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What you don’t see behind everything I just mentioned was a toxic life which I had to run from at the age of 17 in order to start healing
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Without getting into details, all it took for the school board to change their mind was a single letter from me explaining what my life was like at home... and I was allowed to graduate (but ONLY after sitting in the school office for 5 hours the day after graduation so all the secretaries could hug me and feed me candy )
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The 800 doctors notes weren’t enough. My grades weren’t enough. But proving myself and realizing the battles I overcame was the magic touch
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My battles are my story
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My battles MADE me because I CHOSE to not let them break me
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My #roar has always been silent, but it’s time the hears it
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#lunaroara #phoenixfire #burn #grow #adapt #riseup #fitchicks #girlswholift #mindset #workhard #bossup #noexcuses #goals #persistence #workethic #grind #bossbabe
So freakin' incredibly proud of Justin for passing the BIG test and officially becoming a Paramedic! If you know Justin, you know that he never settles for anything and is always leveling up. He is the most determined, successful, and driven person I know. Countless hours of studying, Starbucks sessions, class, medical terms I still don't know, IV's or missed IV's, new medical stories from the 24 hour shifts, and he made it!
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Justin, you will make an amazing paramedic because you are a natural leader. I can't wait to see where this next chapter takes you.
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Congratulations to the Firefighter Paramedic Class 18-1!!
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#hessohandsome #longhairdontcare #celebrate #phoenixfire #paramedic #nextchapter #congrats #wemadeit
It was a pleasure to paint this axe as a gift and being able to run call with you. To gain some of your knowledge from your teaching in technical rescue school. Happy retirement Captain Flickinger. #pfd #phoenixfire #gfd #custompaint #fire #thinredline #thankyou #nostickers #iwataairbrush #iwatamedea
What an Amazing Day for Vincere Cancer Center honoring First Responders and Celebrating the results of our Cancer Screening Program. 164 First Responders Screened and 5 cancer diagnosis’s, all curable!!! We are proud to announce ongoing First Responder Friday Screenings and a new partnership with QT ultrasound to safely screen young woman for breast cancer. To learn more pls see link in bio.
We are grateful to the support of Fire Chief Kalkbrenner, Police Chief Williams and Laura Pastor for their ongoing commitment of this program.
Thank you to Deepak Chopra InnerSpace and co-founder, Patricia Hacker, John Vargo at turnin.life and Hunkapi to help us launch grounding/ meditation centers in 59 fire houses, 6 precincts and police trauma van!!! Wellness wins.
This is Greg. Greg is a Phoenix Firefighter, a husband, a father, a fisherman, outdoorsman, free spirit and all around good guy. Greg is what you can call a badass. He is good at his job, he is good at life. Everytime I blink this guy is pulling a child from a fire, giving the elderly one more shot at life, solving an emergency situation or just making someone’s day better with a smile. Greg was awarded the firefighter of the year award. Well deserved. Watching Greg fight fires and save lives is about the closest thing you will experience to God creating life. Big shoutout to Greg. Station 22 Bred, Greg has spent the majority of his Phx career at station 22 and Soon to be back on E-22 permanently riding backwards and making south Phx that much safer. If you’re not already, follow @greg_gaiser. Oh yeah Troy is a hell of a guy too! @tmrimbey #firefighteroftheyear #phoenixfire #phxfire #phxfiredept #phoenixfiredepartment #station22 #southphoenix #southphx #savebabies #savelives #nottodaygod #notupinhere #firefighter #firefightermodel #dad #husband #fisherman #smilebig #hippy #firefight