3rd April, 2004 // USA
A woman's place is on the road!
the dream of taking a cross-country sabbatical first occured to me about 8 years ago- i was 20 years old, living with my uncle in Kansas City, and trying to find something to end the boredom and complacency that was my life. unfortunately (although as life often does, this turned out to be just the way it was supposed to happen) i got side-tracked and would have to wait. i moved to colorado to be with a boy i was madly in love with, married, finished college, and got pulled in by the inertia of a life that had complete claim to me. and i gave myself whole-heartedly. but it gave very little back and i found myself living outside of my own life. although i have no regrets, i eventually realized that "you save yourself or you remain unsaved" (Alice Sebold).
So that's just what i did.
i am now single, living in the Midwest, and happy.....no, ecstatic about MY life. as a girl with options, i'm grateful everyday for the freedom and support i have; the freedom to dream bigger than life and the support of family and friends that let me go on chasing these absurd and sometimes scary dreams(a special thanks to Kari and my St. Christopher). my ignorance of boundaries will either make me or break me. i will do what they say can't be done; i will make myself homeless, i will drive thousands of miles on the backroads of America, i will talk to strangers, i will see history, i will make my own history, i will get lost, i will camp under the stars, i will swim in both oceans and everywhere in between, i will stand in the middle of the world. and i will do all of this by myself.
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