Almost ten years ago I found out I had received a scholarship to attend AIU University in London. I can't stop thinking how that experience changed my life. Anyone who knows me know that I'm a chicken. ...and yet I got on an airplane by myself and flew for 13 hours where I then engaged a cab and proceeded to a "flat" where I lived with a bunch of girls I'd never met. I used the underground train (or tube) every day, often alone to get to class, and traded with foreign currency at small markets for groceries and clothing. I rode speed trains and ferries to visit other countries on the weekends...trading with even more foreign currency and findind my way around among foreign languages and strange customs. By myself! I am a big girl and I can do big things! I've been working on putting my journal and pictures into an HM book so I can remind myself of that from time to time. That experience really helped me grow. ...and three weeks after I came home I met the greatest guy I've ever known! ...and married him!
