Winner of the Colorado Pro Essay Contest deserved to win

[jaejonna]

Shawn, Bob, or Dan, can you post that essay or show us where we can read it again. It was a very sad and inspiring essay, couldnt have written it better.

[Lift Studios]

We'll be posting the story up on the site but in the mean time you can hear it on the replay at: http://www.probodybuildingweekly.com

[Shawn Ray]

Here ya Go:

"For me,  Bodybuilding is a connection to the only brother I ever had, who is now gone.   
 
My brother and I were as close as two siblings could ever be.  He always talked about Bodybuilding,  starting at the age of 15. He spoke of it so much, that I  practically memorized  the names and faces of all the IFBB Pros!   Flex Wheeler and Dorian Yates were his heroes.
 
Then, on the day that forever changed my life, August 22, 2002,  I got the phone call from my dad who was crying,  saying that my brother was gone,  he had taken his own life.
 
Having lost my brother,  turned me into a hateful, angry person.  Then finally in early 2005 my best friend said that I needed to take all the good things I remember about him and do something positive with it.  Of course the only answer to that was, of course, Bodybuilding! 
 
I took all of my brother's Bodybuilding books,  his  training videos,  and all the information he ever gave me about dieting and training, and I went to work with it.
 
I was able to attend the Ironman in 2005 and again in 2006. Having the opportunity to meet Ronnie Coleman,  Jay Cutler,  Kevin Levrone, and all the other IFBB Pros was such sweet sorrow.  I was happy, yet sad because of course the only thing I could think of, was how much I wished that my brother was with me.  That maybe if he had the chance to meet these guys he would've chosen a different path in life.
 
Everyday I go to the gym,  my brother is always with me, in my heart, watching over me, cheering me on.  I will always be grateful for Bodybuilding and the connection it has given me to my late brother.  Not to mention a hot new body!"
 
 Tiffany Brock  (a listener from California)
 

www.coloradoproshow.com

[Tre]

Same girl?  Or different Tiffany?



How EOYDC Helped Me

I wasn’t able to finish high school because I got pregnant at the age of 16. I didn’t finish one semester of high school. When my son was born, I was put in the “system.” My mom did not want me to return home with my son. She told me I either put my son up for adoption, or I don’t come home with my son. I chose to keep my son, so the hospital called CPS (Child Protective Services) and they found a place for me to stay. I have lived in a group home in Oakland for about two years. Throughout those two years I have been working towards my G.E.D. I found out about EOYDC in January of 2005.

What I liked about EOYDC is the fact that I was allowed to bring my son to class with me, so I didn’t have to worry about child care. When I first enrolled in the class I went for awhile and then I stopped going for a while due to my group home causing me problems. They didn’t think I was in a good enough program. They were going to find another place for me to go to school. They had no such luck. So I took it upon myself to put myself back in classes at EOYDC. That was in March when I started to come back to EOYDC. I started coming regularly for about six months when the instructor at EOYDC told me that I was ready to take the big G.E.D. test. I took the test in August, and I thought that I might not have passed the math part of the test. Two weeks after I took the test, I got my results for the math. I had passed! I received all of my results in September and I had passed all of the tests. By passing the G.E.D., I am able to leave the “system,” and be able to have my own place and get a job. I feel like I can do anything now.


Tiffany Brock, GED Gradutate-2005

[jaejonna]

that very well could be possible ...

[240 is Back]

If that's her, it sounds like she won't be bringing her mom with ehr to the show