I realized that ... it's hard to go to a funeral and not think about the ones you've been to in the past. Those emotions and feelings of loss come flooding back, no matter how close you were to the person whose memory you are currently honoring...
Is this life?

[found on facebook..I couldn't resist]



Things you have done during your lifetime:

( ) Gone on a blind date
(k) Skipped school
(k) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(k) Been to Florida
( ) Been to Hawaii
(k) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(k) Been lost
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
(k) Swam in the ocean
(k) Cried yourself to sleep
(k) Played cops and robbers
(k) Recently colored with crayons
(k) Sang Karaoke
(k) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(k) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(k) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans -
(k) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(k) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(k) Danced in the rain
(k) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(k) Watched the sunrise with someone
(k) Blown bubbles
(k) Gone ice-skating
(k) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(k) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(k) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(k) Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
( ) Traveled by train
(k) Traveled by motorcycle
( ) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
(k) Been to Disneyland --- or Disney World
(k) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
( ) Been water-skiing
( ) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(k) Driven over 100 miles per


there is so much more I want to do in my lifetime...and so many things I would like to do again.