Comments on: 100 Things Worth Doing http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/ Famous Among Dozens Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tori http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-529535 Tori Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:08:52 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-529535 Turning the corner on our first date and realizing that I was looking at the man that would make me believe in love at first sight. Dancing on stage with my father to Little Feat at his wedding Watching my little sister sing for the first time Chinese fire drill on the best country ride ever 12/23/2006, the day I freed myself Maggie, I am a long time reader and I love, love, LOVE your stories! I am going to make a full list of my own to publish. Congratulations on all that's good in your life, Hank is a little dreamboat, good work! Turning the corner on our first date and realizing that I was looking at the man that would make me believe in love at first sight.

Dancing on stage with my father to Little Feat at his wedding

Watching my little sister sing for the first time

Chinese fire drill on the best country ride ever

12/23/2006, the day I freed myself

Maggie, I am a long time reader and I love, love, LOVE your stories! I am going to make a full list of my own to publish. Congratulations on all that’s good in your life, Hank is a little dreamboat, good work!

]]> By: misstraceynolan http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-528094 misstraceynolan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:26:39 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-528094 I too, love your lists. I am surprised by the number of people who talk about watching loved ones take their last breath. Those moments are too painful for me to ever want to relive them when the things you can relive are finite (if that makes sense). I guess I can't find the joy in that kind of closure yet. My list would include lots of music and laughter in different forms, I think. I too, love your lists. I am surprised by the number of people who talk about watching loved ones take their last breath. Those moments are too painful for me to ever want to relive them when the things you can relive are finite (if that makes sense). I guess I can’t find the joy in that kind of closure yet. My list would include lots of music and laughter in different forms, I think.

]]> By: Shannon http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-526271 Shannon Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:48:32 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-526271 Number 12 was fabulous. My fear of feeding sharks was numbed by the multiple glasses of wine and my enthusiasm over the phospheresence (so butchered the spelling, sorry) created by a naked swimming body. It was lovely. Number 12 was fabulous.

My fear of feeding sharks was numbed by the multiple glasses of wine and my enthusiasm over the phospheresence (so butchered the spelling, sorry) created by a naked swimming body. It was lovely.

]]> By: kim at allconsuming http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-525199 kim at allconsuming Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:15:14 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-525199 - Seeing my sons playing together - Seeing our second youngest son spot his older (the eldest) brother in the school playground, call his name and run to him as if it was a whole lot longer than six hours since he'd last seen him - Seeing our second oldest son walking out from school singing and dancing to himself - The way our youngest son crinkles up his entire face when he smiles - My husband's embrace - Tying up the leather face mask my husband wore as part of a bondage outfit at a friend's 30th - Flying back into Sydney after being away and seeing the glistening harbour, Harbour Bridge and Opera House below - Seeing each of my four sons for the first time - How my husband randomly sends me text messages telling me he loves me - My kids' reactions as I walk through the door from work - Getting a new job - San Gimingnano, Luca, Assissi - how I felt like I was home - that feeling immediately after you've given birth ... that you are invincible, soaring, woman. - how good that first bite of chocolate tastes and feels in your mouth when you've been craving it all day. - Seeing my sons playing together
- Seeing our second youngest son spot his older (the eldest) brother in the school playground, call his name and run to him as if it was a whole lot longer than six hours since he’d last seen him
- Seeing our second oldest son walking out from school singing and dancing to himself
- The way our youngest son crinkles up his entire face when he smiles
- My husband’s embrace
- Tying up the leather face mask my husband wore as part of a bondage outfit at a friend’s 30th
- Flying back into Sydney after being away and seeing the glistening harbour, Harbour Bridge and Opera House below
- Seeing each of my four sons for the first time
- How my husband randomly sends me text messages telling me he loves me
- My kids’ reactions as I walk through the door from work
- Getting a new job
- San Gimingnano, Luca, Assissi – how I felt like I was home
- that feeling immediately after you’ve given birth … that you are invincible, soaring, woman.
- how good that first bite of chocolate tastes and feels in your mouth when you’ve been craving it all day.

]]> By: TPS http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-524764 TPS Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:55:00 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-524764 "Napping on the balcony in the Philippines, warm air on my skin." You totally should! Bring lots of sunblock though. And I'm gonna repeat my durian offer. :) “Napping on the balcony in the Philippines, warm air on my skin.”
You totally should! Bring lots of sunblock though. And I’m gonna repeat my durian offer. :)

]]> By: Sara http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-524361 Sara Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:20:51 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-524361 I'm only 26, haven't been married, haven't had kids, and haven't ever really been in love. I look forward to all of the great things in front of me, but if my life ended before then... -Lying in a hammock for hours out in the chill grey January day by the lake at Lake Austin Spa during the day I spent there as a 21st birthday present. -Walking in the woods in Montana at daybreak taking pictures of the mist in the valley below the mountain. -Realizing my life was nothing like I had always wanted it to be and how happy I was about that. -Waking up late, naked, warmed by the sun, and thinking I was a mermaid for a minute before my brain woke up. -Knowing how very loved I am. -Playing cards in a breezeway in Monterrey, Mex. with college friends -My dad crying through a wedding when I was 18, because he realized it was only a matter of time -Long walks in Eastern Europe I’m only 26, haven’t been married, haven’t had kids, and haven’t ever really been in love. I look forward to all of the great things in front of me, but if my life ended before then…

-Lying in a hammock for hours out in the chill grey January day by the lake at Lake Austin Spa during the day I spent there as a 21st birthday present.
-Walking in the woods in Montana at daybreak taking pictures of the mist in the valley below the mountain.
-Realizing my life was nothing like I had always wanted it to be and how happy I was about that.
-Waking up late, naked, warmed by the sun, and thinking I was a mermaid for a minute before my brain woke up.
-Knowing how very loved I am.
-Playing cards in a breezeway in Monterrey, Mex. with college friends
-My dad crying through a wedding when I was 18, because he realized it was only a matter of time
-Long walks in Eastern Europe

]]> By: torrie http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-524181 torrie Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:12:54 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/2008/03/18/100-things-worth-doing/#comment-524181 - The way my daughter leans in with her mouth open when I say "kiss kiss". - My dog rolling around on his back in the grass. -The first time my husband told me he loved me. - Sitting on a rocking chair, drinking tea, over looking a lake in the Catskills. -The calmness I felt as I watched the chaos around me seconds after my daughter was born. -Swimming with dolphins in the Florida Keys and the look in their eyes. -The moment my dad told me that his dream had come true. -Watching my husband receive his medical school diploma. -Standing back and taking everyone in, dancing and laughing at our wedding. -The way my husband looked that night, standing in the rain - The way my daughter leans in with her mouth open when I say “kiss kiss”.
- My dog rolling around on his back in the grass.
-The first time my husband told me he loved me.
- Sitting on a rocking chair, drinking tea, over looking a lake in the Catskills.
-The calmness I felt as I watched the chaos around me seconds after my daughter was born.
-Swimming with dolphins in the Florida Keys and the look in their eyes.
-The moment my dad told me that his dream had come true.
-Watching my husband receive his medical school diploma.
-Standing back and taking everyone in, dancing and laughing at our wedding.
-The way my husband looked that night, standing in the rain

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