The Motto
Though John Charde was paralyzed from Polio at age six, he never let this define him. Even getting around on crutches for most of his life, there were few places he could not go or things he could not do. He lived with Yankee Ingenuity and a can-do attitude, finding solutions to “challenges” with which the rest of us never have to contend. He even taught himself to sail and became a great sailor. After his death in 2010, his wife found a card in his wallet. It simply read, Motto: Nothing licks Johnny Charde. John Charde knew how to live. Those who knew him claim they would never forget him. Read his inspiring story and you, too, will see the world differently because John Charde truly knew how to live.
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The Motto
Though John Charde was paralyzed from Polio at age six, he never let this define him. Even getting around on crutches for most of his life, there were few places he could not go or things he could not do. He lived with Yankee Ingenuity and a can-do attitude, finding solutions to “challenges” with which the rest of us never have to contend. He even taught himself to sail and became a great sailor. After his death in 2010, his wife found a card in his wallet. It simply read, Motto: Nothing licks Johnny Charde. John Charde knew how to live. Those who knew him claim they would never forget him. Read his inspiring story and you, too, will see the world differently because John Charde truly knew how to live.
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The Motto

The Motto

by Eileen Charde
The Motto

The Motto

by Eileen Charde

Overview

Though John Charde was paralyzed from Polio at age six, he never let this define him. Even getting around on crutches for most of his life, there were few places he could not go or things he could not do. He lived with Yankee Ingenuity and a can-do attitude, finding solutions to “challenges” with which the rest of us never have to contend. He even taught himself to sail and became a great sailor. After his death in 2010, his wife found a card in his wallet. It simply read, Motto: Nothing licks Johnny Charde. John Charde knew how to live. Those who knew him claim they would never forget him. Read his inspiring story and you, too, will see the world differently because John Charde truly knew how to live.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781483573816
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 08/04/2016
Pages: 124
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Eileen Charde lives in Naples, Florida. She devotes much of her time to Avow Hospice in Naples in memory of her husband. She plays the piano for him every day.

Table of Contents

The Motto 1

Acknowledgments 3

Foreword 5

Meadowbrook Hospital 9

October 1943: Life Changes 10

October 1944: Home Again 15

Teddy and Chauncey 19

Lynbrook, New York 23

The Marita 25

Lynbrook High: Varsity Letter 29

University Years 3 32

Love Walks In: June 9, 1957 35

Karma 39

The Silenced Miracle 42

Plans for the Future 47

Merry-Go-Round 52

Moving East 56

Hampton Bays 61

Carnival Days 68

Saltaire Boatyard: The Old Timers 71

Surfing The Alanna 77

Glacier Bay: Flight Seeing 83

The Florida Years: The Ferrari 87

The Move to Naples: Spring 2010 91

The Reading Years: Travels with Charley 94

50th Wedding Anniversary 97

Seriously 99

Rudy 102

Making New History 110

Back to Peconic: June 4, 2011 113

The Legacy 116

Epilogue: The Rose 118

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