Today’s giveaway is a little more symbolic. First up is the Quintet Necklace, by one of my favorite etsy jewelers Lemonade Handmade:
Gold Rings Necklace — the Quintet by Lemonade Handmade
I’ve mentioned this necklace before, we gave one to each of the attendees to symbolize the five Life List goals they hoped to accomplish in the coming year. (Nicole did a lovely write up about it.) I love the necklace for its simplicity, and I like the idea of five golden rings being little commitments to yourself. I’ve been wearing mine every day since the Summit. Lovely.
Every year, we have an artist make limited edition prints to commemorate the weekend. This year Alma and Mike Loveland of Ollibird.com did block prints of the vintage blankets we lug onsite to keep everyone warm.
Alma, whose yellow sweater you may remember from a previous post, did the illustrations.
Mike hand painted the blankets for a little pop of color.
Mike and Alma teach all kinds of art and computer classes and they live in the Salt Lake City area. In fact, they’re hosting an art weekend in Salt Lake at this very moment, so head over if you’re in town.
The finished prints each featured a different color, but yours will be plum.
To enter, please tell us about your proudest accomplishment in comments. And the drawings are still open for our the Mighty Summit Giftbag and the Summit Necklace and Brooch giveaway, so throw your hat in there too.
Fine print: Please only leave one comment for each giveaway, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Thursday.
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Helping my deaf daughter to hear(with all that entails)and still teaching her Sign Language.
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My proudest accomplishment is recognizing my soul mate and swallowing my pride to get him back. We have a wonderful marriage, 13 years later.
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my proudest accomplishment is becoming and continuing to be a high school teacher, because it requires strength and courage of epic proportions every day.
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Graduating from college!
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Forgiveness. And raising a good person. Both.
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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!
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My proudest accomplishment has been quitting drinking almost two months ago after nearly 20 years of alcoholic behaviour. I am finally my own inspiration.
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I started my first year of medical school three months ago. Basically, I am a total badass.
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Daring myself to just go for it! To lose my fear of failure, and be aware of any opportunity that opens itself to me. Man, it’s been a great ride so far. Celebrated a year of exploration and adventure on September 27th!!
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Staying home with my newborn daughter for 14 months after graduating from law school. She is the best thing I’ve ever had.
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I think I am proudest of the relationships I have made with my step children (grown and almost grown). Loving and living with their father has been fantastic, but becoming a stepmom to a (then) 8, 14 and 18 year old–now that’s a challenge! There will always be bumps in the road, but knowing that we have come to love and respect each other makes me proud.
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My proudest accomplishment is being a good friend and following through.
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doing 3 marathons: one, an actually running marathon and 2 marathons of natural childbirth!
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Deciding this is not what I want to do with my life and quitting my glamorous well-paid job.
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Traveling though South Africa for two months alone.
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All the road trips I took in my youth – alone.
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Finishing my book manuscript after 7 years! And I may have finally found a publisher.
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My proudest accomplishment was having my column appear in print for the first time, in our local paper. I think the reason it was so special is that my mother was visiting at the time, and got to share in the moment, going out and getting a stack of papers and reading it that morning…. She’s in New England, I’m in Hawaii, and we don’t share much in the way of important life events because of geography. So it meant a lot.
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Being present with my daughters even when work/other life pressures keep trying to creep in. Making that commitment every day is tough, but essential.
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My proudest accomplishment was finishing my degree after having a baby. I just got my diploma in the mail and I couldn’t help crying I was so overjoyed!
PS- I love Mike and Alma’s stuff!
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Getting myself onto Zoloft so I could be a better mama to my two boys. And a better wifey to my lovable, maddening husband.
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Realizing I don’t NEED him. I simply want him.
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Getting married in Oakland pre-Prop 8!
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Growing two baby girls inside me, birthing them, and feeding them from my breasts. Amazing yet simple, I know.
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Finishing my Masters (and then actually using it to get an awesome job!).
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I still love teaching after 8 years.
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I finished not one but two mini-triathlons this summer. Not first, but far from last which was my real expectation.
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Being named Principal Clarinet of the La Jolla Symphony and in a couple of weeks debuting in that role playing Mahler’s First Symphony.
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My proudest accomplishment is starting and maintaining the relationship that would lead to my (now 16 year) marriage, during law school.
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Moving abroad by myself and living there for 2.5 years.
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Organizing my first real emergency news conference, from start to finish, in two hours.
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My greatest accomplishment is watching my children grow from shy, dependent beings into mostly confident pre-teens. I am in awe of their compassion for others, and their smiles make my day.
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One of my coolest accomplishments was riding my bicycle from Salt Lake City to St. George Utah. It was almost 400 miles and it took 3 days. It was amazing to see the gorgeous State of Utah in slow motion! The trip was painful at times, but I would do it again in a heart beat!
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Passing my national certification exam for interpreting! 🙂
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See a moose in the wild.
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This is hard. One of my proudest accomplishments has to be graduating with Honors and planning a wedding at the same time. That was a big deal. However, I think my recent Master’s degree is right up there.
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I was totally empowered 13 years ago TODAY. I gave birth naturally to my twin daughters 🙂 I was terrified the entire pregnancy as they were considered low risk (huh? Twins with one breech?) so knew an epidural would not be offered. 2.5 hours from start to finish. I felt I could do ANYTHING!
Thanks for the reminder, especially today. I think I will go hug them.
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Opening my sewing machine and deciding that THIS TIME I really was going to learn to use it. I’m still learning, but with the help of blogs, you tube tutorials, and some great books, I’m getting there. There is something so completely satisfying to see something that I made.
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starting my own business and having it pay for itself (though we’re still working on making profit!)
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Crossing the Atlantic with my 15 month old daughter and showing her the fall foliage I have been wanting to see for more than 15 years.
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Moving out of my parents’ house.
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Complete my degree.
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Winning a national academic competition in my chosen field!
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That my 20 month old son says “please” and “thank you”
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I went from a undergraduate who flunked out of school to (finally) obtaining the PhD. I am proud of this.
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I’m proud that I was hired by Teach For America my senior year of college. They sent me to work in a dismal and dismaying public school in Philadelphia. I was teaching Special Education and I started with 6 weeks of training under my belt. My commitment was to teach for 2 years. Teaching with TFA was the most challenging, demanding and heart-busting experience of my life. I never once considered quitting (although I did my fair share of fantasizing about contracting a terrible illness or breaking both my legs). I made it through to the end and I’m proud of myself for it. I’m no longer a teacher, but the lessons I learned were worth the struggle.
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I’m proud of finding a job I love and making the best of it.
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my proudest accomplishment is committing to ditch pathological relationships and honoring that commitment.
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My proudest acomplishment was getting rid of my stage fright! I hadn’t sang in front of a crowd in 10 years. I now have sang one acoustic show a month since last October as well as tried out for American Idol. I didn’t make the cut, but I felt damn good that I didn’t shake, stutter or stall because I was scared!
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