Discussions: Chalkboard Wishes, Sidewalk Dreams
Mar 11, 2011
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.
…to wear one of Belle's recommended dresses, while drinking one of Belle's recommended cocktails, while hanging out with Belle.
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…see the world become a better place because of the things my children do/accomplish.
…to wear one of Belle's recommended dresses, while drinking one of Belle's recommended cocktails, while hanging out with Belle.
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…see the world become a better place because of the things my children do/accomplish.
…be asked to speak at a commencement ceremony at my alma mater.
…travel to all the inhabited continents.
…write a collection of (hilarious/awkward) short stories based on my life!
…read all of the classic novels.
… run an ultramarathon.
…love a child like he or she is my own.
… 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.
feel satisfied.
…fall in love.
See my husband fall in love with our (as-yet unimagined) child.
…relocate back to my home state, where they happen to say “pop” and not “soda” 😉
Way to go, R, way to go.
…get my doctorate.
…live in the Middle East.
…marry the man of my dreams whom exists but I am unsure if he realizes it. :/
…have a happy family, inshallah.
… be kind of a big deal. to someone.
…have it all
learn Arabic, so I can speak to my husband's family.
…to wear one of Belle's recommended dresses, while drinking one of Belle's recommended cocktails, while hanging out with Belle.
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…watch my daughter grow up
….I want to fall head over heels in love
…fall in love.
…be happy NOT being in love until the right time.
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.)
…see the world become a better place because of the things my children do/accomplish.
…find true happiness!
To be a historian at the International Spy Musuem!
Read to my grandchildren, stand in by the sea of Galilee and understand NASCAR people.
I cotributed some good deeds to this world and made it a better place for my kid:)
…finish traveling the world with a man whom I love (and I know is out there).
Adopt a pet