My name is Alyssa Andrews. I’m seventeen. I love to paint, draw, and take photos. One day I would love to be a professional artist. However, I’ve learned that ‘one day’ might not even exist for me. You see, when I was fifteen I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
I had always been a fun girl. I loved to be random, hang out with my friends, play games, just have fun and be a kid! Well, after my cancer diagnosis that part of me died. I’ve become hyper vigilant, depressed, and cold. In a strange way I don’t feel like I exist in this world anymore. Like I’m on autopilot.
I have an ever growing and ever changing list of things to do before I die. This is not my attempt to bring back the dead girl in me. This is my attempt to regain control of my life, to be happy even in the darkest times.
With the help of my friends, family, some random caring individuals, and God I will live life and live it like a badass!
-Alyssa
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
35%
1. Ride a horse on the beach
2. Swim in the ocean at midnight
3. Learn French and visit the Louvre
4. Visit the town I was born in
5. Raft down the Grand Canyon
6. Conquer my fear of heights by riding in a hot air balloon
7. Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau under a tree
8. Laugh with the Kookaburras in Australia
9. Catch a firefly and put him in a jar
10. Watch a real tornado (from a safe distance)
11. Sell one of my own paintings
12. Have my portrait painted
13. Conquer my fear of sharks by swimming with them
14. Go Skydiving (after conquering my fear of heights)
15. Ride Lightning, the British Jet Fighter, on the edge of space
16. Climb to the top of the Great Pyramids
17. Walk the Great Wall of China
18. Meet a celebrity and get their autograph
19. Take an African safari and draw the animals
20. Joke with a comedian
21. Send a message in a bottle
22. Learn to juggle with three balls
23. Grow a garden
24. Kiss 50 handsome men
25. Drive a convertible with the music blaring
26. Tell a stranger the story of my life, sparing no details
27. Witness the birth of a baby
28. Spend a day in Disneyland being a kid
29. Fly first class
30. Draw/Write on a wall
31. Make someone cry tears of joy
32. Be interviewed on TV
33. Visit the Holy Land
34. Visit Area 51
35. Run in the pouring rain with someone I love
2. Swim in the ocean at midnight
3. Learn French and visit the Louvre
4. Visit the town I was born in
5. Raft down the Grand Canyon
6. Conquer my fear of heights by riding in a hot air balloon
7. Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau under a tree
8. Laugh with the Kookaburras in Australia
9. Catch a firefly and put him in a jar
10. Watch a real tornado (from a safe distance)
11. Sell one of my own paintings
12. Have my portrait painted
13. Conquer my fear of sharks by swimming with them
14. Go Skydiving (after conquering my fear of heights)
15. Ride Lightning, the British Jet Fighter, on the edge of space
16. Climb to the top of the Great Pyramids
17. Walk the Great Wall of China
18. Meet a celebrity and get their autograph
19. Take an African safari and draw the animals
20. Joke with a comedian
21. Send a message in a bottle
22. Learn to juggle with three balls
23. Grow a garden
24. Kiss 50 handsome men
25. Drive a convertible with the music blaring
26. Tell a stranger the story of my life, sparing no details
27. Witness the birth of a baby
28. Spend a day in Disneyland being a kid
29. Fly first class
30. Draw/Write on a wall
31. Make someone cry tears of joy
32. Be interviewed on TV
33. Visit the Holy Land
34. Visit Area 51
35. Run in the pouring rain with someone I love
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