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Posts in Danielle Williams

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

All around me under a moonless sky human drama unfolded. Careers were saved or lost on the dark road. I kept running

Danielle WilliamsDanielle WilliamsNovember 22, 2017humor, darkness, running, failure, military, wilderness, Army, ROTC, college, drama, land navigation, Anxiety, ResilienceComment

Learning to Fly - A Black Woman's Introduction to Skydiving

I started skydiving six years ago. I had recently returned from a combat deployment in Iraq and had fallen back into the sleepy routine of life in Kentucky. Beer, bourbon and BBQ and usually in that order. Life was good but I missed the thrill of being stuck on the side of the road in Iraq with one trailer ablaze and another with smoking brake lines--at night with the threat of IEDs and election violence weighing like lead in my stomach.

Danielle WilliamsDanielle WilliamsOctober 20, 2017Skydiving, Adventure, Skydive, Skydiver, Disabled, LearningComment