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  • Maria, Meg, Heather, Kelsey Diabetes Diagnosis Telling Family
    Family,  Food,  Type 1 Diabetes

    #T1DLooksLikeMe

    July 13, 2018 /

    When someone learns that I have Type 1 Diabetes, my usual response is “Yes, yes, I do, but, no worries, it’s not a big deal, I am fine with it.”…

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  • Maria on the top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park,
    Connecticut,  Delaware,  Food,  Friends,  Lessons,  Maine,  Maryland,  Massachusetts,  Memories,  National Park,  New Hampshire,  New Jersey,  New York,  Pennsylvania,  Rhode Island,  Van

    Acadia (1/3)

    May 15, 2018 /

    9 PM, 10/10/2016 Dear Mom and Dad, Guess what? I have decided to travel the United States in a camper van. Yes, I will be (probably temporarily) living in a van…

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  • Girl with eyes closed and pot smoke coming out of her mouth
    Colorado,  Food,  Friends,  Kelly 1,  Lessons,  Love,  Memories

    Pot

    January 14, 2018 /

    Everyone: “You’re in Colorado? Wink. Wink.” I was curious about how the legalized marijuana shops worked. I googled one near where I was staying in Fort Collins and visited. The…

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  • Friends, Maria and Kelly 2, at a cafe in New Orleans
    Abby,  Airbnb,  Food,  Lessons,  Love,  National Park

    Lessons Learned, Part Two

    January 13, 2018 /

    29. Nothing will make you feel more alive than standing alone, on the top of a mountain, at 11,000 feet, in three feet of snow, without a single noise or…

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  • Selfie of Maria in a ski jacket with the Tetons behind her
    Food,  Humanity,  Lessons,  Love,  Memories,  National Park,  Wyoming

    The Grand Tetons

    January 12, 2018 /

    Yes, they were named for exactly what you are thinking, you with the dirty mind. French trappers said that they looked like boobs and it stuck. “Tetons” is “breasts” in…

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