I wasn’t going to pen a “Discuss” post for today. I had briefly considered fostering a debate about soda vs. pop vs. coke, but I really didn’t want to open that can of carbonated beverage. But just when I had given up on the idea of posting, I saw this:
New Orleans resident Candy Chang affixed a chalkboard to the side of an abandoned building in her neighborhood and provided chalk so that visitors could share with the world the one thing they wanted to do before they die. Some of the affirmations were intellectual (study in Israel), others were sentimental (see my kids get married), and others were humorous (be tried for piracy). So today, I thought I would ask the same question and let you answer in the comments.
Before I die, I want to… _______________________
(Belle: See both of my parents hold their grandchildren.)
Feel free to fill in your blank below. Please keep with the original theme of the project and keep your comment short.
35 comments :
qwerty November 30, -0001 12:00AM
…to wear one of Belle's recommended dresses, while drinking one of Belle's recommended cocktails, while hanging out with Belle.
NMRascal November 30, -0001 12:00AM
…see the world become a better place because of the things my children do/accomplish.
qwerty November 30, -0001 12:00AM
…to wear one of Belle's recommended dresses, while drinking one of Belle's recommended cocktails, while hanging out with Belle.
NMRascal November 30, -0001 12:00AM
…see the world become a better place because of the things my children do/accomplish.
Sarah March 11, 2011 6:31PM
…be asked to speak at a commencement ceremony at my alma mater.
mndaln March 11, 2011 6:42PM
…travel to all the inhabited continents.
KCW March 11, 2011 6:59PM
…write a collection of (hilarious/awkward) short stories based on my life!
amy b.s. March 11, 2011 7:03PM
…read all of the classic novels.
Michelle March 11, 2011 7:09PM
… run an ultramarathon.
Colleen March 11, 2011 7:10PM
…love a child like he or she is my own.
Charleigh March 11, 2011 7:26PM
… All the usual things, but in today's world statistics show it's not something that happens for everyone no matter what you may wish — Have a family and live comfortably, have job satisfaction, be happy.
jen March 11, 2011 7:29PM
feel satisfied.
jessica March 11, 2011 7:34PM
…fall in love.
Mikaiya March 11, 2011 7:46PM
See my husband fall in love with our (as-yet unimagined) child.
R March 11, 2011 7:57PM
…relocate back to my home state, where they happen to say “pop” and not “soda”
Belle March 11, 2011 8:03PM
Way to go, R, way to go.
nrdgrl March 11, 2011 8:22PM
…get my doctorate.
Grace March 11, 2011 8:45PM
…live in the Middle East.
K. Hill March 11, 2011 8:54PM
…marry the man of my dreams whom exists but I am unsure if he realizes it. :/
H March 11, 2011 9:14PM
…have a happy family, inshallah.
Suz March 11, 2011 9:39PM
… be kind of a big deal. to someone.
Leila March 11, 2011 10:10PM
…have it all
dm58 March 11, 2011 11:20PM
learn Arabic, so I can speak to my husband's family.
qwerty March 12, 2011 12:57AM
…to wear one of Belle's recommended dresses, while drinking one of Belle's recommended cocktails, while hanging out with Belle.
whattokeep March 11, 2011 9:04PM
…watch my daughter grow up
Melissa March 12, 2011 3:01AM
….I want to fall head over heels in love
Kelsey March 12, 2011 3:09AM
…fall in love.
…be happy NOT being in love until the right time.
Michele March 12, 2011 7:12AM
Learn spanish. And speak it while drinking sangria in Barcelona on a beach. With no blackberry. (While my fabulous Hill job waits for me at home of course.)
NMRascal March 13, 2011 12:27AM
…see the world become a better place because of the things my children do/accomplish.
MLK March 13, 2011 3:23PM
…find true happiness!
Rory March 14, 2011 3:01AM
To be a historian at the International Spy Musuem!
Terri March 14, 2011 2:57PM
Read to my grandchildren, stand in by the sea of Galilee and understand NASCAR people.
Trang March 14, 2011 3:36PM
I cotributed some good deeds to this world and made it a better place for my kid:)
RC March 14, 2011 5:28PM
…finish traveling the world with a man whom I love (and I know is out there).
KRF March 14, 2011 9:33PM
Adopt a pet