Well, if you’re reading this, I assume the world hasn’t ended. #RaptureFail indeed.

Ahhhh… we make light of it. I think we kind of have to, at this point. For one thing, I think a lot of people believe this bible verse:

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. -Mark 13:32

Predictions about the end of the world have been made my countless philosophers, radicals, and “church leaders.” But at the end of the day, it stands that no one truly knows when it’ll happen. I could be tomorrow. It could be a thousand years from now. We DON’T know. And when anyone so staunchly believes they know the time and date… well, it’s hard to take them seriously for that reason alone.

Further, I have to confess, I feel my stomach clinch at talk of “the end of the world.” Just as it clinches when I stop to think about any time I’ve possibly had a close call on the road, or if I think about the potential of a plane crash, etc. Because I think we all always have things we want to do. Or people we want just one more minute with… to say good bye to…

Things I want to do before my last day:

• Make sure my family knows how very much I love them. My husband, my parents, my brother and his family… everyone.
• Make sure my friends know how much I cherish them all.
• See my words in print (besides newspaper). I have had a passion for writing for too long in life to not be published some day.
• Find my niche in the photography world.
• Make a difference.
• Help my husband knock off more items on his to-do list.
• See my nephew be a part of a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
• REALLY start my own business.
• Be a mom.
• Never stop feeling young.

There is plenty more things, but that’s a few things, in no particular order. I guess some would call it a Bucket List. I just call it a path I want to ensure I stay on in life. So whether I am here when the world does end, or its just my time, I know I’ve lived the best I knew how to live.