Hey folks this is risk the show where people tell true stories they never thought they dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allison and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look back

at the content from our earlier years of the podcast. This week it's the best of love stories,

number two. In a little bit we're going to hear from Mark Schleheadka who shared his story at a storytelling workshop I taught in Charleston, South Carolina in 2013.

But first, a story from Stephanie Garibaldi, who told this at a Risk Live show in Washington, D.C. in 2013. Stephanie now runs her own storytelling organization with monthly shows called Story Extreme

that you can find at Story Extreme

or check out their YouTube channel

at Story Extreme.

Here's Stephanie Garibaldi now with the story we call Virgin

Sacrifice. I'm wondering what I'm going to do with my life.

I'm wondering what I'm going to do with my life

as I walk a yo-yo I wonder some more I'm 22 careerless and I'm just journey to the

Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico to see the pyramids of Chichinica you know the ones the

Mayans built thousands of years ago and are still the

pyramids of Chichinica, you know, the ones the Mayans built thousands of years ago and are still standing.

And I'm walking through this outdoor market place next door,

just trying to figure out what my personal pyramids could be.

And I'm yo-yoing to help me think better.

And something is a tap on my shoulder.

And I turned to see this young man, one of the market vendors I just passed, and he asked,

Kiesisl, pointing to the Yio.

I said, oh, a Yio.

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