By KATHRYN ROUNDY

This past weekend I went home for Halloween. After the trick-or-treaters had all gone home and the nieces were tucked in bed, I found myself wide awake. I went through all of my drawers and found my old journals and photo albums. I couldn’t help but get lost in a sea of memories.

I thought back on the time I hiked through the jungle in Costa Rica and the time I crawled along the Great Wall of China, clinging to the broken stones for dear life. From Indian tribes in Panama to castles in Poland, all of these trips have changed me in ways I couldn’t possibly measure.

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