- Volunteered for the Special Olympics
- 10 days of Trail Maintenance in Montana
- Two Week Backpacking trip in Maine
- Been through each state on the East Coast
- Did Hurricane Relief in Alabama
- Did a service trip along the Underground Railroad
- Camped in the Florida Keys
- Broke the school record for the mile earning 2nd place
- Hitch-hiked alone (more than once)
- Worked at a Montessori School
- Volunteered at Brookside Nature Center
- Worked with Children on the Autism Spectrum
- Visited France, Italy and Spain
- Been on an overnight train
- Been on a boat across the Mediterranean
- Seen the Canadian Rockies
- Saw four games of the Women’s World Cup in Canada
- Been on a podcast
- Started a blog
- Moved out of my mom’s place twice
- Gotten a short story published
- Gotten two poems published
- Learned how to play the piano in college
- Climbed up Mt. Katahdin twice
- Hiked the Appalachian Trail
Monday, March 13, 2017
25 Before 25
Today I want to jump ahead by about 3 months because I've been getting overly eager for a certain event that is approaching quickly. I say quickly because the last 6 months have gone by alarmingly fast. In early June I will be turning 25 and I've put together a list of 25 things I've done already. All my life I've been consistently seeking out new experiences and since I've been saving my money from the age of 13, I've been able to pay for a few of them myself while the others are thanks to my parents....actually, all 25 of these are thanks to my parents because without their timely intervention, I would not have been able to accrue these kinds of adventures. Having been adopted is the reason I have a list like this and I am writing this as a thank you to them for their love and support. They've been a firm and steady presence in my life and I cannot overstate how amazing it feels to know that they chose us and thereby saved us from a scary situation. That action is what makes my sister and I want to be heroes in someone else's life and we can't thank them enough. Anyway, here's the list:
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