It was great. I've never done anything like that before. I'm shocked, and I don't think we know what we've accomplished yet.

It is for the teenagers who can be hours away from slitting their wrists that I am out.

We do have a lot higher expectations. When we were freshmen going in, we were just like so scared and it was just amazing to get there. Now all year we've been expecting to get this far and it's finally here, so let's just do it.

When he has APE, we go out on t he track and he propels the chair on his own a full lap and Dave will push him a second lap while he's resting, then he has to propel himself another full lap.

My head was exploding, my stomach ripping, and even the tips of my fingers ached. The only thing I could think was, "If I live, I will never run again!"

I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it's freaky.