Unusual Things
A lovely young woman wrote on her Facebook page this morning and got me thinking. She’s hung out with my kids since middle school and is now a college graduate. And an amazing woman. She asked the question:
What is something you have done that is so unusual that you are certain you are the only person on my friends list of 500 to have done it?
I typed one answer. Then came up with a few more. Here are my answers:
Gave birth to seven Duncans. π§π»π§π»π¦πΌπ¦πΌπ¦πΌπ¦πΌπ§π»
Taught CPR, First Aid, Water Safety, and Canoeing for the Red Cross. I was an Instructor Trainer for these courses.
Wrote a Bible study on grief for Precept Ministries International. π βοΈ
Had a daughter fall off Lookout Mountain and survive. β°ππ₯
Have a son who’s an OU Cheerleader. ππ»
Rode my bike through five Burroughs of NYC. And through downtown Chicago. π΄
Rode an elephant across the OU campus. π
Held a large snake in Tangier, Morocco. π
Learned to hang glide at age 50. π³
Got rear ended by an ambulance. And totaled the trailer. πππ«
Worked at six different summer camps including one for deaf child and one for kids with asthma. βΊοΈ
Traveled the US teaching Home School for High School seminars for fourteen years. π
We once took five kids ages 18 months to 11 years to Puerto Rico for a week. I was pregnant with #6.
Passed the CPA exam first time. (Back when we only used pencils, not computers.) βοΈ
Fell off my bike and broke my kneecap. Then completed a triathlon two weeks later. ππ» π΄ π (I came in last.)
Drove though 48 contiguous states in less than three years and rode our bikes in twenty states. π΄ π πΊ
I’ve never thrown my mashed potatoes up against the wall and I’ve never been to Boston in the fall. π
What are some unusual things you’ve done?
Morgan Player
Drove out of the Arctic in the dead and dark of winter, down the Dempster
Highway and ever
so slowly through a herd of caribou π¦ https://playinwiththeplayers.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/exiting-the-arctic/
KathleenBDuncan
How cool!
Wendy Weir
Your list is incredible! What a ride you’ve had so far–I’m hoping we will get to continue to read about what’s to come via your blog (keep writing is what I am trying to say!). I need a writing prompt, and I may take this and run with it. A very good read!
KathleenBDuncan
Please! Take it and play. Then post a link here so we can all read it!
Wendy Weir
Will do!
granonine
I’m sure there must be something. . .reading your list made me feel kind of ordinary. . .but my life has not been boring, so there must be something. . . . π
KathleenBDuncan
You went back to school at what age? To help people daily. That’s very special!
granonine
Age 50. Another special thing is that I paid off my student loan two weeks ago! Thanks, Kathleen.
KathleenBDuncan
I saw that! And I did a happy dance for you here in Texas!! Congratulations!