What would you do

What would you do if you only had one day left to live?

I'm sure you've all seen or heard about Alice by now.  The 15 year old girl in the UK with terminal cancer.  She's been fighting it for four years now, and it isn't a fight that she is going to win.  She started a blog just a few days ago - http://alicepyne.blogspot.com/ - just to journal this last leg of her difficult journey.  She wanted to write about her Bucket List.

If you haven't seen that movie, you need to.  It is amazing and heart rending.

So, she has her bucket list on her blog.  It includes things like Whale Watching, which she can't do as she can't leave the country; having her hair done; meeting Take That; entering her dog in a professional dog show; a purple iPad.  Little things that many little girls would want.  One of her posts talks about how grateful she is for the attention, and how she doesn't want or need anything...but that there are many children who need the support and money and items so much more than she does.

Every time I hear about this little girl, I start to tear up.  Today I was on her blog, and she had a link.  Her little sister is running in a Race for Life this weekend, to benefit Cancer research.  Her target goal was 1,000 pounds.  She's raised over 10,000 pounds.  On the page it has a little gauge that tells you how close you are to your goal.  I saw the number hit 100% and just keep going, and I couldn't help but cry.  She's raised 1012% of her goal.  That is AMAZING.  If you have money to spare, check it out - http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/millypyne1908/1.

I can't imagine that it is ever easy being diagnosed with a terminal illness.  But to find out at 15 that you are going to die before you ever really lived is heart breaking.  She will likely never attend a prom.  She'll never get married or have children or have to do all those horrible adult things like paying bills.  It hurts to think what her parents must be going through.  No one should have to bury their child.

In honor of Alice and her bravery, I want you to think about what would be on your bucket list.  Where would you go, what would you do?  What do you want to accomplish in life before you die?

What would I want to do?

Publish a novel
Finish college
Renew my vows in a Castle in Scotland
Go on Safari in Africa with my Dad
Go skydiving
Learn to scuba dive
Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
Pet a lion cub
See the Taj Mahal, Easter Island, Stone Henge, The great pyramids
Sing on stage, for a huge crowd


Those are just some of the things I'd like to do.  It's harder then it looks...