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At the age of 12 I concurred my fear of heights at the happiest place on Earth. It’s the place where imagination flies freely, Disneyland. Here I learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt’s was right when he said, “the only thing to fear, is fear itself”.

It all started in 2009, on Christmas Day. There my sister and I were opening our presents. After tearing through all the wrapping paper and thanking family members all that was left was an envelope. My sister and I didn’t think much of this bland, white envelope. But as we removed the tape and lifted the flap, there was the greatest a present a kid could ask for, tickets to Disneyland. We left the a few days later from the cold weather of Blacksburg to the calm 80 degrees in Orlando. After we rent

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