Just the fact that I'm not that far from 50 (yes, 17 yrs can go by pretty darn quickly as I realized from High School to a professional career in Management Consulting) has really gotten me thinking on my wish list of things to do before I go into the next world to see my dad.
Off the top of my head, here's some (and I'm sure this list will evolve once my wife and I work on it together):
- Sponsor the education of one child in India. Not just high school, high school through college
- Sponsor my neice (and godchild) for her education in the US. I know her mom (my sis) isnt doing all that well, but given that it doesnt look like we'll have our own kids, why not make someone elses life better
- Continue to look after my mother so that she never has the need for outside help
- Make a list of places I want to see (right now that would be Seychelles, Mauritius, Eastern Bloc, Rome, and yes Jerusalem ... the Roman Catholic part of me wants to see the so-called holy land that has been the cause of so much bloodshed)
- Make a living will for my wife and dependents to ensure that they are taken care of (wow this makes me sound rich, but, whatever I have -- even if its furniture, im sure someone can benefit from it)
- Become an organ donor (not just eyes, everything)
- Pick a grave at the graveyard in Bombay that my dad is buried in...I want to be close to that old man...he still means the world to me
- Take care of my wife and continue to provide her with the love, security and affections that I always have (I know this seems way down on my list, but its truly No 1)
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