Eric is one of the most passionately engaged members of our People For Others community. He has ALS [more popularly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease"] and he asked me to make you aware of the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech.
Eric also asked me to let you know about a PSA [Public Service Announcement] made by Angela Landsbury. Like Lou Gehrig’s speech, it is short but powerful.
Let’s offer “fierce prayers” for Eric and other ALS sufferers. Let’s also work together to help find a cure.
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James 07.03.09 at 7:34 am
Thank you Eric
Eric 07.03.09 at 12:31 pm
Thank you, Paul, for posting this.
Tomorrow Lou Gehrig’s speech will be replayed during the 7th inning stretch at all the Major League Baseball games.
I thank all the participants of People for Others in advance for their prayers for ALS victims and for the researchers who are trying to find the cause and a cure.
Eric
Michele 07.03.09 at 2:02 pm
Eric, for you and for those who stand beside you…….fierce prayers.
mee-kuon 07.04.09 at 12:18 am
Thank you Eric and with our continuous prayers a cure would be found for ALS
Maura 07.04.09 at 6:40 pm
Thank you for the post and the clips.
While watching the begining of the Red Sox game this evening with my baseball crazed son (age 7 ) we saw a clip of Curt Shilling reading Lou Gehrig’s famous speach. My husband and I used it to begin to explain to my son why both of these Gentlemen of the sport were so praiseworthy, each in their own ways.
A little later I came across your site and the video clip and had Brian watch it with me. I think it planted a good seed for an ongoing discussion about the difference between a good player and a good sport/gentleman. i explained to Brian that while he was a good baseball player and would have been in the hall of fame what made him a great man remembered and loved as he is was his attitude in the face of difficulty.
Eric the Grace with which live your life is a gift and I thank you for sharing it with us.
Michelle 07.05.09 at 8:39 pm
Prayers, fierce and by name, for Eric and all who are affected by ALS arise. My brother-in-law had ALS, so this is a cause near to my heart in many ways.
Paul 07.06.09 at 7:32 am
Eric et al.,
Thanks to you (and to the professor) People for Others has now become the offical home on the web for “fierce prayers.”
Paul