Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Something I'm Proud of Doing

This is an interesting topic. I was thinking of things I enjoy doing and I'm not NOT proud about them... but I think I wanted to go out of my comfort zone for this. There is one thing that I'm very proud of.... but first, a bit of a backstory.

My dad was in the Navy and when I was little, we were stationed in Port Lyautey, Morocco.

In fact, my younger sister was born in Morocco. Weren't we cute?:

While we lived there (we lived on base), I had been given a puppy. It bit me just above my right eye. Because it had not yet had its shots (and was from the village, not the base) , the doctors had me go through the rabies series of shots. Not suprisingly, I developed a severe needle phobia (to the extent that when the nurses came around to the elementary schools to do TB tests, I was so panicked, I didn't receive one...and that's an entirely different story!)

When I got older, I decided I was not going to let a needle phobia control my life, so as soon as I could, I started giving blood. Moment of truth here.... I cannot watch any of the process. BUT, I give blood now on a regular basis. Not only am I proud of helping other people (there is a dire need for blood donations....according to the Red Cross only about 3% of eligible adults donate early, but I'm very proud of facing my fear and taking steps to overcome it. And, maybe one day, I'll even be able to watch them insert the needle in my arm!