Essay Questions

What is your most memorable childhood experience?Filling up the garbage can full of water with my mom and my friend, putting all of my action figures in there and then dumping it out in the garden!
What immediate family member do you closely identify with and why?My sister. We grew up together and have been through just about everything. We became much closer and irreplaceable during the time of our mother's death.
What character traits do you admire in an individual?Honesty, loyalty, emotional/physical strength, intellectual curiosity, kind, non-judgmental, active, fearless, playful.
What is the funniest thing ever to happen to you?I was camping with friends at a music festival and while I was away from the campsite my friends had put a kiddie-pool in my tent and filled it with water. When I came back late at night and jumped into my tent I jumped right into the water! (There is an endless supply of stories like these, it was hard to pick a top one).
If time and money were not an issue, where would you travel and why?Australia for the warmth and strange wildlife; all over Asia for curiosity and culture; a safari in Africa would be a really good one to see some African wildlife; EVERY jungle/forest; all over Europe for the women ;) Traveling has always been my top passion, I want to go to more places than I can count! Seeing castles and ancient ruins of any kind, camping in various environments.
When and if you ever have children, what would you like to pass on to them?That it's okay to trust in yourself through hard times and good. When the hard times happen I'd like them to know how to piece themselves back together again afterwards. I would also like to somehow show them how special their childhood is so they can appreciate the beauty of it more than I did at the time. And through it all to never let anyone take advantage of them or use them.