Alyssa Rose Ivy

Skinny dipping was the last thing on my list. Of the five items, it was the hardest one for me. It wasn't a bucket list or anything like that -- I wasn't thinking about death. It was a things-to-do-before-college list may cousin, Amy, made for me.
Now, I know what you're thinking. This is going to be one of those stories about the death of a loved one spurring a girl down a path of self-discovery. It's not. My cousin is alive and well, and at the time of the story was in Malawi with the Peac Corps. The list was her way of preparing me for the wilds of college (her words, not mine). Amy was under the impression that I was entirely unprepared for the life of a coed.