Adventure is Out There!

True love. It's acted out in countless movies and TV shows. I've snuggle up under a blanket with my fair share of romance novels. Friends talk about their experiences in and out of it. My parents are definitely in on the secret. But this weekend, I was dumbfounded by just how powerful, how beautiful it truly is. Two Saturdays ago, my cousin and her fianc é  were married. I've never cried like I did that day. I felt the tears start to gush and tried to make my mouth stop its absurd quivering. My heart felt like it stopped twice: first when my cousin walked down and then again when her fianc é  did. I know it's clique, but the world stopped. Their love drew everyone and everything in. No one could escape it's warmth. After the ceremony, my father surprised me in admitting that he cried too. "Rachael, I've been to a lot of weddings, and this is the first wedding I've ever cried at." In life there are moments, smiles, poems, or desserts

If you're backpacking through Europe, scuba diving off the coast of Australia, surfing in Hawaii, road-tripping across the US, or studying abroad in Italy then I'd say you're on an adventure. Those things sound pretty adventurous, right? I mean, that's no ordinary, every-day stuff. But are those the only adventures out there? Those BIG ones? Last spring I was in Italy living in a foreign country surrounded by a language I was just beginning to understand. Every day, there was something new and different to experience. Italy was stuffed full of adventures, but I couldn't stop there. I found myself in Paris, Croatia, Athens, Santorini. I was here then there then way over there. I was traveling . Now? I'm sitting at a small cubicle on the 5th floor of the Towson's library. There is the ever-constant sound of someone typing away, be it to post a status or to write that essay due in a couple hours. In a few minutes, I'll pack up and head to work to