Micaela

I've been robbed by a man with a machete in Ecuador, hitchiked alone in Russia, slept on the street in Berlin, was nearly arrested at the Peruvian border, and delivered babies on a picnic table in Uganda...and I can't wait to do more! In my spare time I am a nurse in the ICU and CICU at Providence Portland Medical Center, I volunteer at a couple of free health clinics, and I'm in graduate school. I also try to kayak, hike, climb, grow things in my garden, run and read for fun!
Walt Whitman said, "This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body..."

I agree.
THINGS THAT
GRATIFY

MY SOUL
sleeping outside
mountains
dreaming
peace
my friends,especially JBRO and BRIE
live music
thinking about the world
flying
being happy
making other people smile
gardens
sunsets and sunrises
snow
cabins
fireplaces
windstorms
thunderstorms
watching for shooting stars
hiking
camping
climbing
mountaineering
sailing
skiing
whitewater
trees
running
walking barefoot
riding my bike
traveling
meeting interesting people
volunteering
reading
drinking beer around a campfire
oceans
photography
healthcare
international issues
good conversation
trying to live simply
learning how to love

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