“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
~Albert Einstein
Although there are many opinions on how one should live their life, there is one truth…we all die in the end. Not trying to be dark and durry but it’s true. We start in the womb and end in the tomb. SO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST! Go ask the boy you like on a date or dance in the pouring rain. Who cares what anyone thinks, we’re just specks in history. If we’re lucky enough maybe we’ll be an important speck in someone’s life. This blog is to document people who live their lives to the fullest. Maybe it’ll inspire you to do the same. I first interviewed a woman who I look up to greatly…my grandmother and this is the story of her first big trip.
“My very first trip was so exciting because I really never traveled as a child with my parents because they were hard-working people and never really had the time to go anywhere. So my mother's sister Alberta McKinney asked me to go on a camping trip to Florida! I was so excited that I think I packed a good two weeks before we left.
Now when I say camping I am talking about one of those pull-type campers that pops up and sleeps around six people comfortably. So it was something totally new to me! I was in the sixth or seventh grade and so seeing life outside of Southern IL. was truly an experience! I was used to corn fields and oil wells!
So off on our journey, we went, and my cousin told me recently that she thinks I wore my bathing suit every day with hopes of getting in the ocean! I immediately fell in love with traveling! My Aunt told me not long before she passed away that she would never forget the first time I saw a palm tree! I said ‘Oh wow, my first real-life, in-person palm tree!’ They all about died laughing at me, I was so dramatic about it!
Needless to say, that trip has stayed with me for the rest of my life! And in fact, I give much credit to my Auntie as she was the person who put the adventurous side in my personality! Thank you Auntie for enriching my life!”
Credits to my Nana Jeannie for sharing this amazing glimpse into her past. I love you!
