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100 Things Worth Doing

Inspired by Mighty Girl, I've been thinking about the moments in my life that have been so fantastic that I want others to experience the same thing. I'm trying to come up with 100 of them, but it's proving more difficult than I thought it would be. There might only be 60 items in my 100 Things Worth Doing list, but then I can claim that I'm saving the last 40 slots for the awesomeness to come.

1. Throwing rocks at seagulls on the beach
2. Wading in the ocean, convincing tourists to get into the cold water
3. Sky full of the aurora borealis on the evening of 9/11/01
4. Singing Sunday school songs at the top of my lungs on hour 9 or a road trip
5. My first niece on my arms, so tiny and attached to a heart monitor
6. Backing over my brother's mailbox, twice
7. Trying to communicate with German tourists in a Parisian hostel
8. Hot springs at -20°F, steam so thick I can't see the stars
9. Climbing on top of the Alyeska Pipeline despite the "no climbing" signs
10. Midnight baseball under a full Solstice sun
11. That first kiss
12. Teeny tiny puppy choosing my armpit as a bed for the night, afraid I'd crush him
13. Mixing chocolate chip cookie dough with my bare hands
14. Fresh, hot crepes from a corner stand in Paris
15. Bed time stories about an annoying, spoiled, bratty princess named Melissa
16. Standing on the Arctic Circle
17. The slip and slide in the front lawn on a summer afternoon
18. Apple core. Baltimore. Who's your friend?
19. Zip line on the beach
20. 3am giggle fits
21. Shared green tea ice cream
22. 7up and bendy straws
23. Being lulled to sleep by the sound of waves lapping against the boat
24. Giving a boy I barely knew a manicure on a trans-Atlantic flight
25. The smell of homemade bread

What things have you done that are worth doing?

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