I would like to have a moment of silence for this year’s Bucket List items that didn’t see the “unprecedented” events of 2020 coming! I envisioned a very different 2020 when I was dreaming and brainstorming the items to put on this list. We had tickets to two international trips, and a mission to make this another great year full of adventure and travel. And then….CORONA showed up.

After a couple of weeks of being glued to the news and worrying about a litany of things that were entirely out of my control, I stopped. I took a break, and then I remembered WHO it was that I serve and who is holding all things in HIS hands. Yes, the events of 2020 have been unsettling and horrific, but what if there is something precious to be gained through this shared experience? What can be learned through this experience? How can the events of 2020 still be for me and for our good? I believe that there is beauty in every experience, even the hard ones. There is certainly wisdom that we can discern from this time. I am here for it.

So, even though there are items on this bucket list that almost certainly will not be completed, I will post them anyway. I have hope for tomorrow and so should you, my friend.

Bucket List: 2020 Edition

1. Write a letter to my 8 and 80 year old self
2. Run a marathon
3. Speak Spanish
4. Go one year without soda
5. Sew my own dress
6. Crochet something
7. Make my own jewelry
8. Become debt free
9. Make my own candles
10. Try cryotherapy
11. Host an Olympics Opening Ceremony party
12. Host routine family dinners
13. Make pasta from scratch
14. Visit a new continent
15. See all 50 states
16. Attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
17. Go paintballing
18. Make Granny’s Biscuits
19. Try an IV drip
20. Go to an ancient bath
21. Learn to needle felt
22. Run a triathalon
23. Drive a tank
24. Carve my initials in a tree
25. Make Granny Layne’s cake
26. Go to Disneyland
27. Take a DNA test
28. Plant hydrangeas and blueberries
29. Try a soundbath
30. Try Reiki
31. Learn how to stain glass
32. Create a memory jar
33. Create my own spice blends
34. Blend tea
35. Grow microgreens
36. Stomp grapes
37. Swim with dolphins
38. Become a yogi
39. Hold monthly Mariah dates
40. Hold 12 high school friend gatherings
41. Go on 6 date nights
42. Try yerba mate in Argentina
43. Go foraging
44. Go hiking
45. Read 6 devotional books
46. Have 6 craft nights with the girls
47. Practice archery
48. Cook indian at home 3 times
49. Play in mud puddles with Addie
50. Fast 6 full days
51. Pay a stranger’s bill 3 times
52. Have a Random Acts of Kindness Day
53. Participate in a local missions activity 3 times
54. Cosplay at DragonCon
55. Picnic outside 3 times
56. Stay up for 2 days straight
57. Write a book
58. Write 20 recipes in our family cookbook
59. See 6 sunrises or sunsets
60. Create and bury a 2020 time capsule