The Wildling Story Booth

"The outdoors helps me calm down." - Desmond, 6th grade

"I walk outside. I see a bee pollinating a flower. My feet are crushing the leaves on the ground. Now crab apples. I take a big deep breath of fresh air." - Miles, 6th grade

"When we finished that trail, we decided to grab some lemonade because we were very hot, even though it was only 75 degrees out." - Fritz, 6th grade

"It was in winter and it was very cold out but we were very excited to go skiing." - Eli, 5th grade

"I love the flowers, the smell of flowers when going through gardens. I love the bees buzzing around those flowers." - Gailthavhan,  age 17

"The water at the Boundary Waters was really clean and clear." - Gauchong, age 16

"I don't like the great outdoors but I still like being outside." - RW, age 16

"Sometimes if I like lay outside in the winter, it's too quiet. I can and I hear my own heartbeat." - Rose, age 16

"When you set your hook and you finally catch a fish and you can feel the adrenaline pumping through your body." - Billy, age 14

"The outdoors open many opportunities to me and give me lots of time to think to myself." - Chouamon, age 16

"I was just peacefully sitting trying to eat my blueberry muffin and a seagull stole my muffin out of my hand." - Maya, age 14

"Something I did this summer was going to the Mississippi River to catch dragonflies." - Charlie, age 15

"Being with people, and being outside allows me to grow and be active." - Kee, age 14

"I trudged through the curb with a water spilling over my boots. I looked down and saw leaves roaring through the water." - Noah, age 18

"The dog looked at me and started chasing me. And I ran. Keep in mind, I play soccer as well. So I ran really fast." - Ahmed, age 14

"When I go out and I see a plant by myself, I can identify it without having to search it up or anything." - Rashad, 11th grade

"I take those simple steps outside on my first walk in months and I see everything that nature provides and I breathe in the fresh air and I know that I'm going to be okay." - Isabel, age 20

"Earlier this year, I determined that I would live by a phrase I'd stumbled upon: be where your feet are." - Mia, age 19

"Sunrays battle with frost dusted winds and small green buds are eager to emerge from underneath the cold and cracked, sometimes even snow dusted earth." - Basanti, educator

"One step forward, two steps back. So many obstacles along the way." - Yohanis, educator

"It just made me happy knowing that after a long day of school, I would be able to spend some time outside." - Allison, 12th grade

"Nature brings a lot of thrill of the unknown." - Evan, 12th grade

"We walked out in a very crowded urban area and there's just a peacock walking in like the one plot of grass." - Kenna, 12th grade

"Nights were warm but not sweltering and clear, marked with hours spent around a campfire or at the center of boat, listening to country and rock music from crackly speaker." - Elinor, 12th grade

"One time, we were having a birthday pool party next door with a jumpy house. My brother went to down the slide so fast, he fell off." - Asia, 4th grade