The phone rang on an ordinary afternoon, and my cousin’s voice carried an excitement. They were booking a skydiving trip. Did I want to come? I felt that familiar flutter of possibility mixed with dread. It would be fun, I told myself. I’d be surrounded by family, people I trusted. But underneath those rational thoughts, […]
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There’s something magical about watching hot air balloons rise into the predawn sky. I’d witnessed it before at balloon festivals in Albuquerque and Colorado Springs, standing among crowds as dozens of colorful balloons inflated in the darkness, flames roaring to life, casting an otherworldly glow across the launch field. The collective gasp of spectators as
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I’d heard about a fire walking event about two hours away. Even though it was something I desperately wanted to do, the combination of distance and terror meant I wasn’t about to show up alone among a group of strangers So I asked some guy to come with me- making it an unexpectedly intense second
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