but to be fair, I've been really lucky

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 and for the sake of balance, things I have done in my lifetime:

- had both writing and photography published
- laid flowers on Shakespeare's grave
- climbed the Eiffel tower
- loved with everything I had
- held and cast a trained hawk 
- stood on a cliff in Wales
- watched the sun rise three times
- prayed in a church, with and without believing in god
- prayed in a funeral home
- prayed in a forest
- kissed in Trafalgar Square
- wore my grandmother's dress to prom
- walked all night in the rain with strangers-become-friends, twice
- dipped my hand into a Roman bath
- survived a class at an art school
- saw the Olympic torch
- walked across London at four in the morning
- rode a horse on the beach in Bermuda
- saw glaciers and mountains in Alaska 
- watched the sun set from the highest point in Athens
- written on the Berlin wall
- shared a drink with old and new friends under the stars in Germany
- seen two shows at the Globe theatre