While on a plane returning home from Charleston, the people sitting in front of me were discussing their  “Bucket Lists” and it got me thinking. What are the top ten things I would put on my list? I was surprised by what I wrote down …

1. Say no without explaining why.
2. Wear hats more often.
3. Suffer fools less often.
4. Take the long way home.
5. Read to the blind.
6. Take food and toys to the dogs and cats in shelters.
7. Hide loving notes for my husband in unusual places.
8. Organize old photos and place them in albums.
9. Send cards to my friends for no reason.
10. Write a list of my three greatest life-lessons, seal it in a jar, and bury it in my garden. Maybe one day a new gardener will discover it. Maybe it will mean something … or nothing at all.