The old Saul is back. My life feels like it is almost back to normal except for a few things. Having my good friends, Lionel, Annalisa and my little French sister Amelie here has been wonderful. I have set for myself a list of goals, some short and some long-term goals. I am proud to say I have already achieved all my immediate goals after my injury. I am a firm believer you can do anything you set you mind too.  I have posted some new pictures of the last 2 weeks from Halloween, Lookout Mountain, and the Georgia Aquarium. My life has been full of smiles here lately, something my family and I have not had a lot of for awhile.

Life is beautiful,

Saul

Life is full of surprises, one of my best friends and his family, Lionel Marie, Anna-Lisa Marie and his little angel Amelie are here visiting from France. Lionel was the director for the Credit Agricole espoir team. The day he offered me a contract to race for the team I crashed into a cement pole, and he saved my life. We have become very good friends over the years. It is so nice having them here and showing them the way we live in the USA. I am going to post some pictures here soon.

Saul

I have this funny video of my mom singing "I got gas, I got gas.." with out her knowing I was taking a video In france.. It is so funny.. She had a bad stomach and kept singing it, so I took a video. I tried but I can not put it up on my site.. I would like to in honor of her 50th birthday.. "I love you you mom very much, happy 50th B-day" "You and dad are my best friends". 

love,  

Saul 

I am back from France. Visiting France is proof dreams really come true. Seeing all my friends, teammates, and riding all the big mountains was all a dream a few months ago. My trip was wonderful. I am almost that old Saul that everyone knew and loved. the old spark is back in my eyes. I am getting stronger every day.  I can say, I feel smart again. I am coming back a better, stronger Saul than before, I am reaching the stars and I am putting them in my pocket.  I have posted pictures of my whole trip. From riding the Col de la Madone/Turini/Braus/,visiting Paris for the weekend, team pictures, and being with friends. Life is beautiful dream really come true. Thank you for all your answered prayers.

Saul

Here I am in France… I am sorry I have not been writing my blogs but my Internet is not working. While I was in the USA the Internet company was charging me 1,600 Euros a month. About 2000 dollars. My good friend/ banker saw this and canceled the payments right away. I never paid my normal 30 Euros a month so they cut off my service. Everything is going well. It is a dream to be back. I was very emotional to see my friends and even more emotional when I rode the big mountains in the area (Col de la Madonne). I told my Dad to pinch me to make sure all was real. Last week I flew to team pictures with my Mom and Dad.. It was great to see my team; it was like old times again. I got to go ride with the team twice. When I was Riding next to Thor I told him "it was like a dream". I now dream of the day I can race by his side again. To sum up my trip is easy. It has truly been awesome. I do not want to leave my French home, but I know I will be coming back. I guess patience is a virtue, but sometimes I feel like I am pushing patience limits. Thor was Racing Paris-Tours is my Raisin Hell Socks- Go Go Go Dreams Come True, Never quit fighting.

Saul