
I first read about Glacier National Park in the first grade. I checked out a book on national parks repeatedly from my tiny school library (two shelves near the secretary’s office). I was enthralled. I dreamed I would get to travel as an adult, and I would go to Glacier National Park. I was diagnosed with cancer for the first time in 2013, while in graduate school. I felt a sense of urgency to fulfill the dreams of six-year-old me…