Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Ever ponder your mortality?

Sure you have. When we hear that someone has died, we all wonder about when we'll die, under what circumstances, what would happen to the people we leave behind, etc. We also tend to think about all the things in life we haven't done yet, don't we. Our 'bucket list'. Do you have one? I don't, but I figure tonight is as good a night as any to start one.

So in no particular order, here's a few items to start my bucket list:
- places to visit: Hawaii, Europe, Alaska
- see my girls grow up
- become a grandmother (I realize this is completely out of my control)
- eat a chocolate croissant in a Paris cafe
- take a Panama Canal cruise
- learn to scuba dive
- swim with dolphins
- learn to knit/crochet
- learn how to fix my computer when it doesn't work

I'll add more items as they come to me. I have to be honest, a lot of the things I wanted to accomplish in life, I already have. I'm married, have kids, have my college degrees, done some traveling. I don't pine for bigger things, I tend to relish the smaller ones. But a bucket list is for dreams, too, right? I'll keep trying to dream bigger (like the computer fixing, I know it'll never happen, which is why hubby isn't allowed to die first).

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