The ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions..."Have you found joy in your life?" and "Has your life brought joy to others?"
- The Bucket List
A bucket list is a list of 100 things you want to attempt or accomplish before you die.
At Magnolia Creek, we encourage our clients to complete a bucket list while they are in treatment and to communicate back to us whenever they have checked off something from that list.
Below are some of the accomplishments we have learned about from our alumnae, linked to blog posts with pictures when they send them in.
- I went sky diving.
- I got a tattoo of a hummingbird and the words "care free" in Hebrew.
- One of my goals was to speak out for eating disorders, and I have written a 1-Act play about life in treatment and a feature film about a young woman struggling in recovery and finding her own voice, a scene from which I shot.
- Gone to the Holocaust Museum in D.C.
- Saw the Washington Monument, White House and Lincoln Memorial in D.C.
- Gone to NYC
- Took a picture with a very cool Korean lady in New Jersey. Yes!
- Bought the bottom half of my bikini to wear in the Caribbean
- I am teaching in Special Ed (Middle School- yikes!) as I have always wanted to. We actually are doing a bucket list next week, and we do Mad Gabs for a classroom warm-up every day!! Thanks MC!
- I laugh FAR more than I used to.
- I cut my hair very short!! Coloring it is next (maybe in time for Alumni Reunion!!)
- I went to a Broadway Muscial (The Lion King)
- I wore a sleeveless and backless dress to a wedding!
BW from CO
- I am having a baby due August, 2011. (Pic to come!)
- I made the UAB Color Guard team!
- I returned to dance class.
- I graduated with my master's degree in Communication.
- My husband and I are expecting a baby boy due November, 2011.
