Dottie’s Friends

When You Give, You Receive

May 25, 2011

I got to meet an incredible young girl a week ago-my newest Dottie’s Dream Hero Kaylynn Hooker.  She cheered me on during my obstacle course and counted every single one of the 50 box jumps I did during my fitness skills.  She inspired me and reminded me just why I do what I do.  I [...]

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A GIFTED LIFE

April 17, 2011

This week I had the pleasure of meeting Matt Boger of Donate Life New England and Suzanne, a wife of a kidney recipient, at the mayor’s office in Haverhill to recognize April as Donate Life Month.  It was a special hour as Mayor Fiorentini learned more about organ donation and our stories of life that [...]

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Proud of the New Cystic Fibrosis Community

April 12, 2011

LIVE YOUR LIFE, NOT YOUR DISEASE As I listened to my podcast on Jerry Cahill’s site www.jerrycahill.com this morning I was very proud.  My pride wasn’t my own, for myself-it was for where we have come as a Cystic Fibrosis community.  We have not only survived but we have found many ways to thrive.  It [...]

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Rescue Dogs Rock!!

April 4, 2011

March 30th was a celebration at our house…our puppy Barney turned “1”.  Ben reminded me that we aren’t sure if this is really his birthday since he was found walking down a road but it was the date on our papers when we picked him up in the NH parking lot that special spring morning [...]

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We All Have Gifts To Share

November 26, 2010

I received a very special gift last Saturday-the gift of remembering how lucky I am.  That is always a great gift-Gratitude is the essence of the light within the human soul.  It is when we are truly grateful that we are lit from within and when that happens, it is beautiful and it is powerful. [...]

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I am a FIREWALKER.

November 12, 2010

Never, ever let anyone put limitations on what you can achieve regardless of what “statistics or human beliefs say”.  I had the incredible gift (Thank You my Ben) of being able to attend one of my greatest mentor’s seminars Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within this weekend.  WOW.  Life-changing.  I have never given myself a [...]

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Barney…Our Miracle Dog

September 26, 2010

We got a dog 5 months ago.  Liam had been asking for a puppy for over a year and we knew we needed to wait until we could give a puppy everything it deserved.  While we were not 100% sure we were outfitted to do that when we saw Barney’s picture on www.adoptapet.com I knew [...]

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What is going on people? A Breakthrough Cancelled

August 24, 2010

OK. So it has been a good two weeks since it happened and I still cannot wrap my mind around it.  Tony Robbins, who is an incredible motivational teacher, had his new show Breakthrough canceled after 2 episodes.  WHAT?  When a whole host of reality show junk is still going strong. There is something wrong [...]

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Dottie’s Dream

February 1, 2010

Mission Statement Dottie is president and founder of Dottie’s Dream, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides home exercise equipment, bikes, swim/gym memberships, education, one on one mentorship, self empowerment, and quality nutrition to children and young adults with Cystic Fibrosis or who are awaiting/received an Organ Transplant. Exercise, quality nutrition, and self belief are fundamental [...]

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