I'm doing 9 things
in Mexico....
17 months ago
I don’t really remember much, other than that it was a slimy experience that was quite nice.
Cora89's Life List
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1. get a summer internship
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2. Learn how to French braid my hair
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3. graduate from college
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4. go rock climbing
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5. run a marathon
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6. make jewelry
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7. learn how to drive stick-shift
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8. complete a triathlon
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9. get my bike out, tires fixed, go biking
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How I did it
It made me
Satisfied 
How I did it: I went to the financial aid office at my school, and told them that I had been looking for a workstudy position and they sent me to the career center. There, I asked for the senior secretary and she had a whole list of employers looking for students! I now work as a teacher's assistant at an elementary school across the street! Read how I did it…
It made me
feel God's love! 
How I did it: I went with with my family when I was nine. We are memberes of the Pope John Paul II Foundation, and through the organization we were scheduled to attend a private audience with the Pope! I was dressed in the Polish traditional Krakusy costume, and when he saw me and my sister his eyes lit up, and gestured for us! A memorable moment of sanctification! Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I got in a car with a group of LDS friends and we road tripped it to Salt Lake City. Local tickets were provided by my friends mom who got them from church. Read how I did it…
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My first kiss by a boy....
17 months ago
was by a kid named Sam, in middle school. It was on the cheek and I remember that my face was so red and I was embarrassed beyond all possible imagination. haha!
Last night with Anthony...
17 months ago
My beloved Anthony and I were on a summer camping trip with 8 other kids our age in the Washington Cascades. After three weeks of glorious adventures and memories, cuts and scrapes and personal victories, we made it to our last day together as a group. We went back to the front country terrain, where we had camped the first night and after we read our story of the night and shared our personal “thorns and roses” of the trip, we got settled into our sleeping bags as we listened to the gentle crackling of the fire. I was next to Anthony and I noticed that the pine trees in the distance wrapped around us like two loving arms giving a great big hug. I glanced at Anthony, and his eyes met mine, I smiled and a tear ran down my face. In a second, he reached across the great space between us and grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight. We both knew that this was the last night and we probably wouldn’t see each other for a very long time. Our summer was almost over, and we live far from each other he on the east coast and I on the west so there was no chance of us reuniting again. It was an evening too precious for words. We were on a supervised trip and our counselors knew that we were quite fond of each other. Just before going to their own sleeping bags, we were warned, “leave space for Jesus!” ... and so we did! All I wanted to do was to hold him near and be close to him for as long as I could before the inevitable rising of the sun in the morning and the final goodbye. We turned our heads up to the sky looked at the many dazzling stars that played hide and seek behind the puffs of cloud that slowly drifted off across the sky beyond our pine circle. In that moment, I felt one with my Anthony. It seemed that no one could ever separate us or tear apart our beautiful relationship, that our deep and true friendship would outlast any human feat.
The night sky will always bring back precious memories of my beloved Anthony. May we one day cross paths again and gaze upon the stars dancing among the clouds in the night sky once more.
