At just 16 years old, Gabby Douglas has already won a gold medal.
But she is about to take her achievements to new heights, writing a memoir before most teenagers have even gone to their first prom.
The Olympic gymnast announced today that her 'inspirational memoir,' titled Grace, Gold and Glory, My Leap of Faith, will be released just in time for Christmas.
Chronicling the youngster's early life, the book will explain how she left her mother in Virginia at age 12 to train 1,200 miles away with a family she had never met, and her long journey to Olympic gold.
Miss Douglas, who admitted she is teeming with excitement to meet Lil Wayne at the MTV Music Awards later tonight, told People magazine: 'Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book'.
'[It] will also be about how much my family and I have overcome during our journey. It hasn't been easy,' she added.
Mostly, she hopes young people like herself will read the story 'and think anything is possible.'
No ordinary teenager, the 16-year-old joined Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson to lead the delegates in the Democratic National Convention yesterday.
Memoirs, aint what they once were..
Memoirs, aint what they once were..
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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She is 'cashing in'. Is this a complicated or difficult concept to grasp?
She has worked hard for this moment. I do not begrudge her success. What jackass would?
yrs,
rubato
She has worked hard for this moment. I do not begrudge her success. What jackass would?
yrs,
rubato
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So, an inspiring story about an inspiring young lady is posted, and rube uses that as an occasion to lash out again....
Somebody get the hook...(or a butterfly net)
Somebody get the hook...(or a butterfly net)
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Anything IS possible, other than Rube not using any topic Gob posts as a reason for trying to insult him. that isn't possible.
My friend's son who has cerebral palsy has been very excited about the Paralympics. He has just competed at school in a trial and has been selected by the AIS to go into their gifted disabled course. He is SO happy. He has already told his Dad to book for Rio. Unfortunately he will only be 14 at the next Paralympics, so it might be for the one after he gets to compete.
Yay Jamie. You rock.
My friend's son who has cerebral palsy has been very excited about the Paralympics. He has just competed at school in a trial and has been selected by the AIS to go into their gifted disabled course. He is SO happy. He has already told his Dad to book for Rio. Unfortunately he will only be 14 at the next Paralympics, so it might be for the one after he gets to compete.
Yay Jamie. You rock.
Bah!
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Not at all, why do you think the thread was started retard? What possible course could any debate follow? What would a reasonably sociable and soclalised person bring to the debate?rubato wrote:She is 'cashing in'. Is this a complicated or difficult concept to grasp?
Oops sorry...I forgot...you wouldn't have a clue would you?
No one, that's why no one has....She has worked hard for this moment. I do not begrudge her success. What jackass would?
You thick twat.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”