hummmmm I needed a bucket list

You might be asking yourself like I did, Why would I need a bucket list??? Well, I grew up in a family where setting goals and writing down your dreams were as common as eating chocolate. I had always written down all of that and during the New years Eve celebration, when we would gather in the family room and write down what we wanted to accomplish that year and then read what we had written down the previous year. Yes! I had collected all the kids papers and kept them in a safe place so that at the end of the year, we could all go around the room and read them to see what we had acheieved that year and what we still were working on.

We did this without ever calling it our "bucket list".  But I loved the term , bucket list and so it became very clear that from that moment on, I would refer to all our dreams and goals as our very own "bucket list".
Mine and my husbands bucket list is stapled to the closet wall, where we can see it daily but not anyone else.  I personally do not want the whole world to see what deep down thoughts I have in my heart to accomplish or do.  It might scare someone. bahhaahha

As we accomplish things on our "list", I climb up my step ladder to mark it off. It does my personality good to see things being crossed off "the list".  
Yes, I am one of those crazy list people who make a list, then make a list to remember my list and love every time I get to cross something off the lists. I have been known to write down on my list: go to the bathroom, eat dinner... just so I can mark it off. 

Back to "Why in the world is she even talking about a bucket list?" Because I think all of us should strive to live each day without remembering our age.  To look at life and say: Yes, I can and want to do that.
Personally I do not remember my age on a daily basis. This may scare some of you but for me, I think that is what has always led me to new adventures and fun.  
This brings me to why in the world I am writing about this. Yesterday, as I was scrolling thru the facebook , I saw that one of my BFF's (best friend frans) granddaughter went zip lining.
I was soo excited. Maci is such a beautiful , funny, adorable young girl  (who looks just like her beautiful nana and has her temperment too) and she and I clicked right away and became the bestest of friends.  I have to say that I was so proud of her for zipping thru the woods.  When I saw her all hooked up to her equipment it brought back memories from 3 months ago. That would be the month of April.
 Yes, I am a zip line groupy.  Zip lining has been on my bucket list for quite some time and I decided that one of my other BFF's should experience this for her birthday because Lisa has a real fear of heights. I have always felt obligated to help her conquer any and all fears she has so she can feel better for having done so. You are probably too young to remember the Tarzan and Jane movies but I thought that Tarzan, Jane and Cheetah swinging from tree to tree was just awesome. And so it was, that Lisa my husband Tommy and I went into the tree tops and had the time of our lives. It was quite a rush as the young generation says.
You only grow old when you lose sight of your dreams. Keep you a bucket list that you can see daily and take advantage of every opportunity to stretch and conquer fears. 

I want our grandchildren to grow up having a large bucket list in one hand and a marker in their other
hand crossinig off things accomplished just as fast as they add things to that list.