Adriana McKnight - A Story

Adriana McKnight - A Story

Adriana McKnight was preparing for a holiday - a long holiday.

When she first decided to go on a world wide walking trip, her family all thought she had completely lost her mind.

Adriana, with her mousy brown hair and shabby sweaters, had never even traveled outside her home town of Caborford.

Reality set in one day when she looked at her picture in the High School year book and then looked at herself in the mirror.

Even then, in high school, she had been shy but was planning to travel the world.

Naturally, after high school, there was a job - just temporary - and another until the plans and dreams faded.

Eventually, involved in community activities, usually with children’s groups, she stopped thinking of them at all.

Seeing the young Adriana in cap and gown, her shy face bright with hope, sadness flickered briefly and fell away.

Studying the brochures of her world wide walking trip, Adriana picked up her plane ticket to Dublin, shouldered her back pack and left her home for a great adventure.

“Once you’d resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.”

~ Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle