I'm doing 42 things
My mother is perhaps the most amazing woman I have ever encountered. I know that this is something that all people say about their parents, but I really take this to heart. I’ll say this here and I’ll mean it:: My mom is a zillion times more phenomenal than the typical parent. I believe my mother is perhaps one of the most exceptional creatures that has ever lived. She has sacrificed her whole existence for her children and continues to do so without credit or hesitation. She always does for others and does nothing for her own pleasure or benefit. She has worked and supported three children all on her own. She has battled a never ending divorce for the past eight years, all for her two youngest children – for their safety. Parents should not have to go into debt from lawyer fees to protect their own children from their father. The mental stress that this has put on her is killing her. Working too hard is killing her. Volunteering and putting her children in the best schools and in every sport is killing her. Spending money for her children’s education and neglecting her basic necessities is killing her. Taking care of everyone in the extended family is certainly not an easy task as well. My mom, more than anyone I know deserves to have the world. I wish I could do more. I feel like I have been her greatest disappointment, though she will never say so and perhaps would never think so. In reality the guilt that I put on myself for being such a disappointment and a waste of oxygen is my sole driving force for having a PharmD. I’ve fucked that up once. I can’t disappoint her again.
Kristie2me's Life List
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1. get straight A's
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2. graduate from college
5,319 people -
3. learn how to skateboard
359 people -
4. snowboard as much as possible
1 cheer31 people -
5. become personal trainer certified
1 person -
6. become scuba certified
24 people -
7. Take horseback riding lessons
91 people -
8. Swim with dolphins
6,412 people -
9. Go skydiving
5,451 people -
10. bungee jump
2,963 people -
11. ride a zipline
21 people -
12. go in a sharkcage
2 people -
13. learn to fly a plane
936 people -
14. Drive across the USA
2,067 people -
15. see the Titanic
16 people -
16. play the flute better
54 people -
17. Learn to play the guitar
11,094 people -
18. learn photoshop
1,310 people -
19. improve my vocabulary
968 people -
20. travel everywhere
232 people -
21. start a business
1,776 people -
22. Buy a House
10,820 people -
23. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
66 people -
24. do a triathalon
136 people -
25. own a motorcycle
311 people -
26. Climb a big mountain
12 people -
27. Learn to telemark ski
18 people -
28. rock climb
669 people -
29. Surf more
175 people -
30. learn chinese
2,157 people -
31. learn french
8,803 people -
32. leave
72 people -
33. learn japanese
8,616 people -
34. trust
388 people -
35. make girlfriends
20 people -
36. complete a marathon
188 people -
37. see the northern lights
14,864 people -
38. go on an african safari
532 people -
39. go to the rainforest and see wild macaws
1 person -
40. buy my mom her dream house
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41. stop being a push over
8 people -
42. be better at swing dancing
1 person
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