https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux Courage to Soar by Simone Biles en-us 2018-12-03 18:59:14 UTC 2019-01-22 05:52:43 UTC hello@padlet.com alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314855798
Retton, Mary Lou. Courage to Soar. Grand Rapids, Zobdervan.com, 2016. ]]> 2018-12-15 01:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314855798 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943661 While at one of her competitions her coach realizes that she is special and has a lot of potential, and that Simone wasn't a regular girl with regular talents and determination. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943661 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943713 Simone had one 10 world gold medals before even going to the Olympics.  She couldn't be prouder of what she had accomplished. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943713 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943820 Simone was called "swolder a mix of swollen and soldier". She had noticed she was strong and stronger than half of the boys in her class in the 3rd grade. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943820 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943856 Simone was always taught that in anything she did she had to go through god first. So she prayed for her family and her teammates while she was trying to represent america in the USAG Gymnastics. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943856 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943958 Simone had been training since she was six and she had got to Nationals in Houston Texas. "But being six was a little late for most elite gymnasts "]]> 2018-12-16 07:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314943958 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944066 Simone was so much smaller than everyone around her she had more motivation and drive to do better. When people around her would ask her to do something she would and she would double it.]]> 2018-12-16 07:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944066 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944208 Simone had to preform a vault routine and her coaches asked her to do something she wasn't quite ready for.  She was super nervous and she didn't know if she was going to actually do it or not. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944208 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944263 Simone didn't end up doing what her coaches asked her to do. She missed the spot by one to make the junior national team. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944263 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944380 Simone doesn't want the others see her cry so she swallows her own disappointment and tells herself she tried her best. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944380 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944448 Simone says to herself "But did you really? Couldn't you have worked a little harder? Why didn't you do more? " She is doubting how hard she has been working to lead up to this point in her life. ]]> 2018-12-16 07:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/314944448 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/317632555 Simone was a Texas girl who's grandparents she had names for. "I first called them 'Hamma' and 'Hawpaw' because I was only three years old and couldn't enunciate my gs"]]> 2019-01-06 07:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/317632555 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/317632704 Simone's birth mom had gone down a difficult path of drugs and lots of drinking. " Life ended up being a little rocky for Shannon, because as she grew older , she got caught up in drinking and drugs." Simone remembers having a cat she hated because her birth mom always fed the cat but the kids were always hungry because they were never fed but the cat was. ]]> 2019-01-06 07:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/317632704 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/317633156 Simone went into foster care as a three year old. She was told that is super young for a foster child. She rememebers always playing in the backyard and being pushed on the swings in the backyard, Eventually her and her siblings were taken in by their grandparents. ]]> 2019-01-06 07:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/317633156 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/320133388 Simone had a special connection with her brother Tevin. She felt safe and protected by him and she followed him around everywhere. "Back then, Tevin was my rock, my protector. I used to watch him and pretty much do whatever he did." She was always looking to make sure he was around. ]]> 2019-01-14 02:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/320133388 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/320134068 One day the door bell rang at her foster families house and in walked Simone's grandfather. She had found out she was going to live with him instead of living with her foster family. She was going to ride the plane to get there and she was so so excited. ]]> 2019-01-14 02:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/320134068 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/320134498 When Simone's grandpa had the idea to bring the kids in while their mom got her stuff together their grandma wanted to but she was a little hesitant because she would be doubling the size of her family from the size of 2 to the size of 6. "She needed time to wrap her mind around the idea of doubling the size of her family"]]> 2019-01-14 02:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/320134498 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322457692 Grandma decided that she would take her grand kids in because she knew her life would change for the better after talking to a co-worker talk about how she adopted a special needs person and she doesn't regret it at all. "I can't imagine what my life would be like if I'd passes up this great blessing]]> 2019-01-20 07:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322457692 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322457929 Simone finds out that her grandpa was the one who had the idea to name Simone, Simone. She loved that she had that gift from her grandpa. " My grandpa was actually the one who had suggested the name Simone for me."]]> 2019-01-20 07:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322457929 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322458125 Once Simone her siblings and Grandma and Grandpa all landed in Houston, Simone was so excited to see the house she would be living. She said that is was so big and beautiful she had never seen one just like it. "I'd never seen a house as beautiful as Grandma and Grandpa's home"]]> 2019-01-20 07:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322458125 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322847397 Simone see's a trampoline in her grandparents back yard. She asked if she could go on it.... and that's how it all started.]]> 2019-01-22 05:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322847397 alfresay000 https://padlet.com/alfresay000/7nubyt2qlmux/wish/322847602 https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZocLn2IDgAhVJ71QKHbKkDNYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuccessstory.com%2Fpeople%2Fsimone-biles&psig=AOvVaw1mo9dHVFjNcb0Lxb_6B8nG&ust=1548222609021547


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