by Tracey Hulick | Jan 13, 2022 | Bobby's Story, One Kidney Climb
What do you do in times of COVID when you’re seeking to create some connection with others? Six of us at Kidney Donor Athletes decided to organize and participate in a virtual Yahtzee tournament where we would play each other in a tournament format, keeping...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 3, 2020 | Benefits of Being a Donor Series, Bobby's Story
Benefits of being a donor: the goodness of humanity. January 2, 2019……the day my life changed forever. All I had to do was lose 5.5 ounces. True, my surgeon had to go in and extract my left kidney, but my experience has...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 26, 2019 | Altruistic, Bobby's Story, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
Notes to self….. Well before my donation day of January 2, 2019, I came in contact with Ned Brooks and Lisa Emmott, two people who were very kind to me and supportive of what I was undertaking with my pending donation. I was then introduced to Tracey Hulick...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 23, 2019 | Altruistic, Bobby's Story, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
(This is Bobby’s third installment here on Kidney Donor Athletes. If you haven’t read the first two, click here!) Game time! Seems like I was on the bench forever. It seemed an eternity before it was going to be my turn to get called into the game. The...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 26, 2018 | Altruistic, Bobby's Story, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? That question we asked as kids or heard as parents. Over and over and over. Well, as my non-directed donor day of January 2, 2019, rapidly approaches, I’m intentionally slowing down to reflect on this and stay in the moment...
by Tracey Hulick | Oct 10, 2018 | Altruistic, Bobby's Story, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
It’s August 1985. I’ve just graduated from high school and have headed off to college at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Homesick, immature and not at all sure where life is headed, I dive full-on into my freshman year of college soccer. ...
