Out in the sunshine and warm(ish) winds of a February morning I wandered around. Somehow I found myself out by the tennis courts of my high school. There was a ginormous drift of snow piled 3 Lauras high in the middle of the parking lot. After glancing around I took a tentative step up it. Sadly, today is not the day for snow climbing. We're going through a big melt down and I feared I could have plummeted to the middle of the mass upon reaching the summit. Then there I would be found some months later. Which got me to thinking of 127 Hours. Which then led me to the notion of being Brave. Whereupon I promptly made a mental list of the Top 10 Brave Acts of Laura over the years.
10. Moving back to Jenison after the medical issue last year. I consider this an act of mental bravery. It takes a lot to be OK with this inside my head.
9. Confronting and overcoming a potentially life threatening Blood Clot . I shudder to think I'm approaching my 1 year Blood Clot anniversary. Take a minute to really appreciate the blood in your veins and how it is running smoothly right NOW.
8. Having Harrison Paul Randall- whew
7. Confronting Harrison's Head Bump Fiasco and getting through it without dissolving into a mess
6. Moving the New York City in 2006.
5. Getting through the first year of teaching without a) crying IN FRONT of students b) throwing punches c) having a mental breakdown
4. Moving to Turku, Finland for my junior year abroad with no knowledge of its language or geography
3. Joining UofM's womens rugby team, which ultimately resulted in one dislocated shoulder and broken clavicle
2. Traveling solo throughout Europe as my year abroad came to a close
and the #1 thing I can do NOW without fear or embarrassment is.....call, order, greet and pay for a pizza. Yes indeed, my sisters can attest to the fact that I feared doing any of that for quite some time. Now the next brave thing to conquer is being able to successfully get in and out of a car wash by myself without some sort of embarrassment occurring.
Baby steps.
3 comments:
It isn't the easiest thing to be brave, so good for you for doing so! :)
I didn't order a pizza until I married Travis and he MADE me do it! Now I'm pretty good at it :)
I feel better knowing that Jess :)
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