10.14.07

The Problem With Making These Lists…..

Posted in Uncategorized at 3:06 pm by PaperDesigns

This is the Solid Recipe Card Box my mom made to put in our ETSY Store.

The blog question is asking what 5 things would I like to do before my time is up.  I’ve been having trouble with just this kind of question of late.  See, the problem is that I had a list like this 20 years ago – but then all the items on the list got checked off!  Now, does that I mean I’m happy to go anytime, or should I make a new list?  I feel ungrateful and disrespectful to God – who fulfilled my first list – if I just go and make another list!!  On the other hand, He wouldn’t want me to have no personal goals for the next half of my life.

So, my next list wouldn’t be near as ‘valid’ or ‘sincere’ as my first list was (happy, stable marriage * healthy children * house * good job * great friends).  Maybe my next list should be a list of things I want to do with my loved ones before I go.

I’d like to take my family for a month to really see Scotland

I’d like to be the best grandmother (my dd is only 11 – I’m not in a hurry)

I’d like to be a good neighbor, and to try to do something to unify the neighborhood into a community (all I can think of is hosting the annual Christmas Open House Party).

I’d like to make money and take the sole burden from DH.

Because crafting is such a real part of me – I’d like to make sure I’m crafting until the end of my days.  I like giving gifts I’ve crafted, and I like the spiritually recuperative therapy properties of crafting – I think it will be important for me to always continue.

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