The Inspiring Story

The Blind Side has a special story behind it that is very inspirational. After watching this movie it will make you want to watch it again. It just came out this year and has very good reviews.

Michael Oher is a young teenage African boy. He comes from a family of 16. He is not close with much of his family. He never knows when he will see them next. He has been in many foster homes, but never seems to stay. He runs away and is currently living on the street as a homeless boy.

He goes to the same school as Leigh Tuohy's, son SJ. One evening Michael is spotted walking around in the rain by himself. Leigh Tuohy decides to let him stay with her and her family for a night. Leigh Touhy is quite wealthy and isn't known as the person to let a homeless African American live in her home. She and her family are judged, by her act of kindness. Many of their friends thinks she is crazy. Despite all of the gossiping, she has a kind enough heart and helps Michael live his life at its fullest. After one night of staying at the Touhy home, he is then welcomed to be part of the family.

The family loves football. Michael tries out the sport and is naturally good at it. He is being scouted from football coaches all around the states. There are many teams that would like to have him. Michael and his new family face a lot of challenges.

Leigh Tuohy is very thoughtful and kind. She has changed a boys life by giving him a great home. He was once homeless with nothing more than one set of clothes. He ate leftovers in the garbage's and slept in a laundry mat. Leigh Tuohy has changed all of that for him. He now has all of the best. But the most inspiring thing that Michael now has is a family that loves him. Michael was once poor but now has made millions of dollars.

Bringing this boy into the Tuohy family has not only changed Michael's life, but the whole families.

This movie will inspire you to never give up hope, and to keep trying. Even when you think you will be judged, you should still do the right thing.
Here is a small clip from the movie.

William Kamkwaba

It is absolutely amazing how a 14 year old boy, William Kamkwaba could invent something so powerful without an education. He invented a windmill from very few parts that he found in a junkyard. This story gives us hope that if we follow our dreams anything is possible. Building a windmill in North America is not that hard because of the education and technology that we have today. William Kamkawaba was only 14 years old. He was from a poor country called Malawi. Over there they do no have any technology or electricity, that is why it is so amazing.

Many 14 year olds in Canada could not even imagine building something like a windmill. Even though we have an education it would still be very difficult for us to do. I could probably not even make a windmill if there was a diagram right in front of me. Many of us do not need to build stuff like that, because in Canada we get almost everything handed to us. We do not have to make our own electricity, it comes to us as easy as flicking a light switch on. In Malawi they do not have electricity like we do here.

This is a very touching and powerful story. If more people hear this story then they would maybe have the courage to help. This boy William Kamkwaba was trying to turn his life and families life around. In his county his village had it very difficult to survive. They suffered famine and many more diseases. He tried to invent the windmill even though his family and friends thought he was going crazy. He did not give up, and eventually he became successful and accomplished his goal. If you believe anything can become possible.

Building a windmill has given William Kamkwaba hope. It has given him a reason to keep living. He has helped his village and his family. He helped us realize that we do not have it hard in Canada. As much as we may think we need more, we have all that we need and more, to live a great life!