Bucket List

One of the movies that came out in the past couple of years was the Bucket List. Sally did not want to see it since it was a little too close to home. But thinking about her actions in the past two years it is clear that she had her own list of things that she wanted to accomplish. We never really talked about this, but I think she knew that her time was (or might be) limited and there were some important tasks to get done.

The first of these was the Goode family reunion. She felt that there were some members of the large Goode clan that didn't feel accepted by other parts of the clan. She felt that with her healing influence, she could get everyone together and make this all right. She did this. I think that it might have been the first time that all parts of the family had a dinner together and felt all part of the same extended family.

The second thing was to visit family and friends that we hadn't seen in years. On our drive out to California last year we went through Santa Fe to see her cousin Linda, and on our way back (when she was starting to get really ill again) we visited her nephew Brent and his family in Bakersfield and her cousin Rachel in the mountains of Colorado. We also had some quality time with some very long-time friends, the Thomsons, in Carmel. She also was able to go to her 50th high school reunion and reconnect with many of her high school classmates that she hadn't seen forever.

I know these things meant a great deal to Sally, and I'm really glad that she was able to get these things done. We never know when our time is up and we need to live each day with that in mind.