I'm doing 34 things
I arrived on a red eye flight from Los Angeles (where I live) and immediately headed to the Empire State Building where I could see the new and improving NYC skyline. The Freedom Tower is still being built but is coming along very nicely in the Lower Manhattan skyline where the Twin Towers stood 10 years before. I then walked toward Lower Manhattan encountering New Yorkers going about their usual lives. I have found New Yorkers to be among the kindest and most helpful people out of everywhere I have been, you dare open a map and at least half a dozen people will ask where your going and if you need help.
I arrived at Ground Zero and the place is bustling with so much activity, a certain rebirth fills the air as I watch what was just a giant hole on my last visit to what is now the rebirth of Lower Manhattan. It’s days until the 10 year anniversary and the Ground Zero Memorial is nearly completed, and while it is a time to reflect it also feels bittersweet. Here we have a memorial being built that will remember the day our nation and ourselves were attacked and lost our innocence. But then we have ring next to it a sign that we the US will not be beat and we will rebuild. I had tears in my eyes as I stood beneath the towering Freedom Tower that is nearing completion. It feels hard to believe 10 years have gone by but I feel hope and joy at seeing the progress this area is making and I can’t wait to come back and see it when the Freedom Tower is fully completed and is shown to the world.
cookierac's Life List
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1. Get married
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2. Learn to Crochet
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3. Make a difference
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4. participate in a cancer walk
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5. go to a professional football game
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6. pay off my student loan
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7. Go to the mall of America
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8. visit all 50 states
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9. adopt a child
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10. Go to the Sears Tower in Chicago.
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11. Visit the Grand Canyon
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12. witness a solar eclipse
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13. go on a cruise
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14. volunteer at a hospice
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15. see the Leaning Tower of Piza
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16. Go on a boat ride in Venice, Italy.
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17. Learn to not take life for granted
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18. Buy a toyota Tacoma
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19. Go on a Missions trip
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20. Have kids
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21. Go to Washington D.C
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22. Go to London
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23. Meet Julia Roberts
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24. Go to Paris
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25. Go to Ireland
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26. Go to Sydney, Australia
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27. Go to Vancouver, Canada
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28. Go to Seattle
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29. Go to Orlando
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30. Go to Oklahoma City
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31. Finish the 2 books I am writing
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32. Learn to trust God more in my life
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33. Read the Bible
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34. Go to New Orleans
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35. Walk through Grandmommy's old house.
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How I did it: I had saved up the money years before but every time I wanted to do this, everyone tried talking me out of it. Scaring me and making me decide not to. Therefore at the last minute last November I made the decision to do it. I made an appointment the night before and didn't tell anyone what I was going to do, they would have talked me out of it again. I drove out there and went through with it, getting the videos and pics for proof. lol. Read how I did it…
How I did it: With the help of God, family, and friends supporting me. As well as my perseverance to get through it. I made time every day where I studied and kept envisioning myself as a teacher. That vision became more and more realistic as time went on. Read how I did it…
I am very close to my family and to have a majority of the immediate crew in the same room, was something I would have paid to see a few years ago.
