Bucket List...None Needed

OK, so I started making out my Bucket List in a previous Blog...and my good bloggin buddy, AB, left me a comment...she said that she was just going to live life how SHE wanted to, so there was no need for a Buck List. Well, that comment got me thinking and has had me thinking since she posted it. lol Hence the reason of this Blog.

So, instead of making lists and lists of things I want to do before I die, I am going to just start doing them and keeping a journal and this blog to keep track of them. :) I did accomplish one thing that I wanted to do and that was start my own business. It's not a huge business, but I have made money by making and selling my cupcakes already. I know it may sound silly to some, but the first time I made, decorated and sold cupcakes to a customer it made me feel like I had accomplished something....something that I dreamed of doing and that was a wonderful feeling.

As I sat in bed one night and started to think of all the things I have already accomplished in life I thought, WOW....I have already accomplished so many things I wanted to do before I died. lol I have 2 wonderful children of my own, I married a wonderful man and my best friend, I inherited 5 loving grown children who have made me a grama of 21 beautiful grandchildren and some of those have made me a Great-Grama to 3 1/2 (one is on the way)  pretty gorgeous great grand babies. I had a great relationship with my mother-in-law, (not many people can say that without laughing.lol) and I gained a brother in law and a wonderful sister in law. And I have a better relationship with my own parents, we may not have gotten to the perfect relationship, but we are getting somewhere. lol

I finished college with my Associates Degree in Medical Assisting before my son got his degree. lol I have a great circle of friends, who I know that without a doubt, if ever called upon they would be at my side with no questions asked. And, I know that because they have already done it. :)

I finally decided what I want to be when I grow up, I have decided to go on for my Bachelors and then my Masters in Social Work; I have always enjoyed working with the elderly and I have seen first hand how desperately there is a need for them to have a voice and well, I want to be that voice for them. My dream of having a bakery one day is still alive, for when I retire and need something to do. lol I won't stop baking and selling cupcakes on the side...but I now know where my true passion lies.....at this time in my life.

So, I thank you AB for your comment and all the thoughts it brought into my head. You helped me realize that just by living my life for ME I am already accomplishing so very much.

My wish for you all: To be able to live your lives for YOU and to throw away the bucket lists. lol

A Steel Workers Wife
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