Name: Misty Dawn

Age: 42

Born: Abilene, Texas

Currently Living: Lebanon, Oregon

Occupation: Compliance Specialist, Writer, Farmer-in-Training

Marital Status: Married (23 years)

Children: 2 children (ages 24 and 22)

Things I LOVE: hiking, backpacking, outdoor adventures, spending time with my family, Tex-Mex, The Office, dogs, laughing (it’s my favorite), heated blankets, a good movie, a fresh perspective, Harney & Sons Paris Tea, fall colors, Danner hiking boots, Gerbera Daisies, napping, my hunky hubs

Current Ambition: Find the healthiest version of myself, hike the entire Oregon PCT, get others enthusiastic about Dirt Therapy

Bucket List: Climb the South Sister in Central Oregon

Struggles: Eating right, exercising around chronic pain, remembering to take all supplements and medications, drinking enough water, keeping up with treatments and therapies, brain fog, coming to terms with my new normal!

Favorite “Dirt Therapy” Clinic: Proxy Falls Loop Trail, Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Central Oregon

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“Misty and I joke around that she and I are sister wives, or “sisters from another mister,” and lots of other funny things to describe our relationship. But the truth is that there is no one on earth that makes me feel as accepted, loved or believed in as Misty. She’s my constant. Home base. Misty is the most patient, calm and easy going person that I know. Whenever I am in a kerfuffle (yes, that is a word) I can guarantee that Misty will be calm and collected. She loves trash TV, heated blankets, tea, sunshine, and hugs. If I had to pick one person in the world to be on a desert island with the for the rest of my life there is no question I would choose Misty.”- Kaela Anne, BFF and fellow Bee

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“My mom is… not momish at all. When one thinks of a mom, it conjures images of a woman corralling a group of noisy children into a van to get to school on time, a woman cooking a lavish dinner and placing it on the table for her waiting children, and reading them a story before bed. That isn’t my mom at all. My mom is a firecracker. My mom will threaten to rip my arm off and beat me with and sell me to the circus, but the moment something that isn’t her is threatening me, she’s a fighter in the ring. She loves to host my friends and cook for them and will not hesitate to play a round of Cards Against Humanity with us kids. My mom isn’t momish, but she’s the best kind of mom.” – Morgan Taylor, favorite child