The Crimson Bridge

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[iguanamouth]

[astrolugo]

[thecrimsonbridge]

He looks Kim Possible’s friend. The one with a naked mole rat.

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Sheep Farm, Iceland

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Bruarfoss, Iceland

[people-are-awesome]

People Are Awesome Mini Food Charms

A full-course meal… Charm-sized!

[thecrimsonbridge]

r/blursedimages - Blursed Monkey

11,413 votes and 85 comments so far on Reddit

[intheknowconservation]

Um…Ummm…More than 10 billion tons of Greenland’s ice sheet melted in a single day

[thecrimsonbridge]

Philadelphia

[bengurli]

u know what my goal is to eat pastries in different countries

[thecrimsonbridge]

Okay then, this is Rome, Italy :)

[thecrimsonbridge]

I want to see other people’s pictures too, come on people, pastries!

[bengurli]

u know what my goal is to eat pastries in different countries

[thecrimsonbridge]

Okay then, this is Rome, Italy :)

[pocketss]

it’s just one of those croissant days

[pocketss]

we love a recovery

[perlcub]

This doesn’t just strike a chord with me, it’s the whole gosh darn song.

[thecrimsonbridge]

The wolf is making their own chocolate croissants in the second one.

[jemyoshioka]

Home & Home. The final comic in my series about my heritage.

You can read the other ones here.

[thecrimsonbridge]

Please take a moment to read this.

[thecrimsonbridge]

Chrysler Building, New York

[sixpenceee]

Qian Hongyan was just four when she lost both her legs. A speeding trucker left her for dead as she crossed the main road in her village of Zhuangshang in southern China. 

For nearly two years Qian was immobile as she didn’t even have enough of her body left to sit up in a wheelchair. Doctors said her only hope of being able to move by herself again would be extensive surgery to allow her to be fitted with prosthetic limbs.Her parents couldn’t afford this treatment. 

Qian’s granddad Yuan came up with a simple but effective treatment to get her moving again. He took a basketball the village boys had discarded and cut a hole just big enough for tiny Qian to fit into, padded the inside with stiff floor mats from his car, then propped her up inside. All of a sudden Qian was able to stabilize herself and was able to by move herself by rolling the ball in any direction she wanted. She supported herself using wooden handles. 

From that day on Qian would not be stopped by any obstacle. She went back to school, started to play with her friends again, and started to get back the life of any girl her age. She began professional swimming training in 2007 and defied the odds of her double amputation to become one of the first members of the Yunnan Youth Swimming Club.

She won three gold medals in last year’s Yunnan Para Games and took a gold and two silver medals at the National Swimming Championship for the Disabled (Under 18) in 2009 before continuing impressively at this year’s Para Games.

SOURCE

[sixpenceee]

I should have added this in the original post but after attention in the Chinese press, Qian traveled to Beijing to receive free artificial limbs at the China Rehabilitation Research Center, a center that has been providing help to the disabled in China for over 20 years. At 18 years old she is ready for her full adult prosthetics. 

[ruinedchildhood]

[Retweet]

[thecrimsonbridge]

Right, no pot of gold. Typical leprechaun stuff.

[pocketss]

strange bog girl makes a friend

[thecrimsonbridge]

Can I have more? Please?

[victorious]

Wait for it…