Not in a million years would I have thought this would happen to me. However it has. I am here to proudly claim, I love country music!! I am not as educated to know who sings what or their stats. I think if I was a contestant on Jeopardy, I would do well in the Broadway category or the soap opera category. However I can honestly say as much as I love country music, I am far from being a scholar.   

I heard this song a few months ago by Tim McGraw called "Live Like You Were Dying." Yes I've heard it's been around a long time, but I am somewhat new to this game. I listened to these words and realized this was my time.  I decided that like the TV show "Twenty Good Years," I have pretty much that left to make up for my lost time.  So I listed all the things I wanted to do in my life or have done. Once I completed each, I crossed it off. Am I Earl? NAH, just Max!!! 

I started with a list of at least 100. I won't bore you with this list but it did include going on a hay ride with my husband, becoming a Bat Mitzvah, being on TV, riding a cable car in San Francisco, making a speech in public without sweating and last, but certainly not least, playing on the floor with my grandchild. So far I have completed all these listed. However now that I am listing, the list gets larger and larger. Frankly, it's very exciting for me and those around me to do all these great and new things. My friends get roped into doing all these new things that they haven't listed. However, they are starting to list and I get to accomplish their goals too. It's really a wonderful time and bonding time of life.

Now, come December, my husband and I will have another entry of my list crossed off. It's been a dream of mine and his to go to Hawaii. Even though our 30th anniversary was last November, we are celebrating it this year. 

All dreams and efforts do not have to be grand.  Living like you were dying isn't negative. How many times do we say, "Some day..."  For most of us, that some day never happens. Take the time to make your dreams and needs work for you. IT has to matter for you and really, isn't that all that matters?