Baby Sarah's Great Escape

What makes a great adventure? Does it involve high speed chases? Must there be violence, or highly dangerous circumstances? Is it something that changes your life? Is it something so out of character for you that even those involved have trouble believing it? Or maybe, is it something so in character that every bold action you take is seen as part of a great adventure?

Sarah has had some great adventures in her life. They may seem mundane to some. They may seem unrealistic and hard to believe to others. For Sarah, they were the foundation of her character. They were exhilarating, or terrifying, but they are forever sewn into the fabric of her being. Sarah started her adventures at a young age. Most of her family takes great pleasure in the stories of her antics. Some of them are still annoyed at trying to raise her, over twenty years later.

I believe Sarah's first real adventure took place when she was about 1 year old. Her family had just moved into a new home. Her older brother and sister were both at school. Her father was at work, and her mother was busy unpacking boxes and settling the family in. Sarah was taking a nap in her room.

The whole world was still a new place for Sarah. She was barely learning that it had boundaries, and some of the more obvious ones still didn't make sense to her. Boundaries would never be a simple concept for her. In her old home, she knew just where she was allowed to be. She didn't always care, but she knew. This was a very different place, though. Some of the things in it were familiar, but she hadn't figured out where it began and ended yet. As she entered each new room, she marveled at this place that seemed to go on forever. There was a yard with grass and a cement path outside she was allowed to walk on.