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This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm your host, Jodie Powell.
In this hour, we're hearing all about turning points.
The moments when you make a game-changing decision and decide who you're going to be right now or for the rest of your life.
Our first story comes from Jeff Birdsong.
Jeff told this at a Seattle Story Slam where KUOW is our radio partner.
In college,
I led wilderness canoe trips in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Minnesota to Camp Widgie Wagon.
Try saying that three times quickly.
And as a novice,
I quickly learned that carrying large canoes and Duluth packs across massive portages between beautiful lakes...
required a lot of strength and so the desire to have a team of youth that were able to complete this task was highly desired.