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At the West Seattle Beach Run 50k yesterday, there were 23 runners. My friend, Anneke, and I were numbers 22 and 23 to cross the Finish Line. For the two of us, running 31.069 miles (an ultra-marathon) was NOT about finishing the race in a certain amount of time. It was NOT about finishing before any other people. It was NOT about running at a fast pace. It was NOT about attaining a new PR (Personal Record). It was about the act of running the distance and crossing the Finish Line. It was about…

When I got there all the men were sitting outside with their chairs in a line facing the runway just talking. Every now and then they would get up and go look as each other’s planes or go to the bathroom. I overheard them talking about the weather, stories from their childhood, and the news. They also talked about their planes and airplanes in general, and the bible as…

The Little Things “Mama, why are we leaving?” I kept asking her that same unanswered question since we won those glossy, olive airplane tickets. But today, that question was soon going to be answered. I had woken up with a distressed gaze on my face, because I knew it was the day I was leaving my home, Halych, Ukraine. I didn’t get up right away like I always did, instead I just stared at the ceiling, walls and the furniture in my room; examining the florid wallpaper, the life-size Barbie doll…

I just wanted to touch base with you about Abbie coming to visit this summer. An opportunity just came up for us to get a free ticket (we just paid the taxes) for Abbie with the mileage points that a friend gave us, but we had to act on the spot the airlines said or we would lose the opportunity. So, we got her ticket to come on July 2 and going back on August 27 (she said that she wanted to stay for a few months. Sherry said that she wants to come as well and I told her that she is welcome (she…

My favorite book is ''Portas Abertas: Três meses na Europa sem um centavo no bolso''. It's about a woman that traveled for 92 days in Europe and visited 14 countries without money. Aline Campbell is a Brazilian plastic artist woman that decided to live a unique experience just believing in the goodness of strangers. She traveled for three months where she took rides and stayed in the house of strangers, she just bought the airline tickets and flew to Germany to start this adventure. She tell…

I am Paul Tibbets. I was born on February 23, 1915, in Quincy Illinois, the son of Enola and Paul Tibbets. I was raised in Iowa. In 1927, we moved to Florida. I was offered a ride with a sales promoter. I knew right then I was going to be a pilot. I later attended the great University of Florida-Gainesville and began taking flight lessons. While in my Sophomore year my parents my parents strongly advised me to transfer to the University of Cincinnati to pursue pre-med school. I ended up granting…

the only thing that works and they’re weaning me off it, so like a baby forced to remove thumb from mouth, take teether instead, I got sent to Anxiety Group. Apparently, we’re all gonna to die. Because while the girl on my left is scared that the plane will hit her, the woman on my right is scared that it will hit a nuclear power plant and then we’re all outta luck. My father says: ‘Only rich people go to therapy, poor people got things to do’, and yet here I am in this lifeboat, surrounded by…

In the summer of my junior year in high school I was able to visit my aunt in California. I was very excited to go since I born there and this would be the first time I came back. When I got on the plane I was so full of energy I didn’t sleep for the entire 12 hour plane ride. When the plane landed, it was at around the crack of dawn. When I was waiting for the bus to take me to the nearest Greyhound station, I marveled at the sky. The clouds were a wispy grey with the sky being a multitude of…

with a herd of wildebeest. Everyone running from there terminal to the baggage claim. We get to our termmial and over a big intercom I heard in a deep voice " Boarding from Chicago to Orlando may begin". My family and I board the plane it is so tight and cramped in the plane. My mom tells me where to sit, I have to sit by two random ladies. When I walk up to the seat, they look at me…

Jake opened his eyes and coughed out some blood. His chest hurts like crazy. Then, he remembered the missile targeting his helicopter. The last thing he could recall was jumping out the door of the helicopter as he heard the screams and cries of his fellow soldiers. Jake gritted his teeth and tried to shake the image and sounds out of his head. He grabbed his pistol a few feet away from him. Jake stood up and surveyed his surrounding, clutching his ribs. Miles and miles of sand and gravel. He…