out of a plane. I can easily say it is one of the most amazing things I have ever done and at the same time one of the scariest. Kind of an analogy of this year in ways. Please refer to my face in the picture on the right for a picture of that fear. I have had a pretty significant fear of heights since I was a little kid. Just last year I was getting certified to work High Ropes at YL’s Windy Gap and I climbed up one of those pamper pole things. I got to the top and as embarrassing as it is to admit this, I couldn’t bring myself to stand up and jump. I was shaking profusely and refused to go and so I climbed back down to the point that I could safely jump. I remember another time I was in the woods back in South Jersey in college, with my friends Matt and Chris, they had this tree swing they wanted me to step out and I couldn’t bring myself to step out. I was too afraid of falling.
Fear holds us back a lot in life. It keeps us from living up to our full potential and all that God has for us. I have a lot of fears that plague me quite regularly: fear of not getting married, fear of not being successful, fear of being rejected, fear of gaining weight, fear of failure, etc. I could list a million fears, but that isn’t the point of this blog.
I was pretty nervous as we headed to the sky diving site that afternoon. I even wrote in my journal just in case anything happened. I had told myself I wanted to do something crazy and adventurous before turning 30 and my time was running out, literally…that mark will be here in 10 days. This was it. It was all or nothing. I did pretty good masking my fear until the door opened 11,000 ft in the air. Then I freaked out…both Dave and Shannon said the look on my face was priceless and they weren’t sure I would go. Good thing there was a man attached to my back, that didn’t give me a choice.
As he said, “1, 2, 3 skydive” and we began to free fall it was one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced. The only 
word I can think of to describe what I felt at that moment is exhilaration. I was free and falling and there was nothing in my way. All fear and worry was gone, my eyes were fixed on that which was right in front of me (the cameraman) and I felt only joy and excitement. It was incredible, and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
