You know that feeling when, after you’ve done something challenging, you look back and think, Wow, I can’t believe I actually made that happen! Or maybe it was the kind of thing you weren’t sure you could muster up the courage to go through with but then you did… Get your nose pierced as a full-on adult after deliberating for quite some time (hi, there!)? Run the full 13.1 miles of the half marathon after just joining a running club a few months before (nope, that one’s definitely not me!)? Finally try the absolutely delicious Mexican delicacy escamoles, also known as edible ant larvae, while on vacation? We want to hear about it! Share your most fun, most daring stories, in the comments below — and then if you feel inclined, spend the rest of your morning writing 500 words about it in your composition notebook. And…share away!
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Years ago, when I mentioned going into the Air Force, my mother asked if I was sure. As she said I didn't like following rules (hers) didnt like being told what to do, etc. Basic training was like nothing I'd ever known before. Cleaning bathroom grout with a tooth brush, the drill sergeant constantly screaming at me and others. Still I survived. Failure was not an option for me. Didnt want to hear my mother's I Told You So. I served the first four years, then another almost 4 before being honorably discharged to go to college, to do something different. Going on to serve another 14 in the Reserves for a total of over 21 years. Carol Gee. Author, Atlanta
I'd have to say making it through four and a half years in the army as a very short woman very much surprised me and my family.
It was a fight to get in, and a fight to get out to have a baby, then they made me go back to Korea to finish out my term. However, it was the best thing I could have ever done. It taught me so many things and gave me my independence. Had I stayed home, my overprotective parents never would have let me grow up.