"I think if you're upright and not laying in a gutter somewhere then you're a good adult," Lucy decides. "Not that I'm an expert on such things and I haven't been in a gutter lately. But, life's hard. Standing up and getting through it means you're a good adult in my eyes."

It would have been so easy to lay down and just stay there and Lucy's done that at certain points in her life. She's been down and she hasn't wanted to get up. It's family that's gotten her up, gotten her going again and while the accomplishment is small, it had felt monumental to her at the time.

"If I had a gold star sticker, I'd give it to you," Lucy says, smiling. "I don't because college students don't typically want stickers but the sentiment is there."