Bucket list? Not sure 🤔 I have ever officially made one, but do have hopes of a better year, more positivity towards what is thrown our way and more commitment to remaining in the moment instead of fretting over the past and fearing what the future holds. I don’t imagine that to be very exciting to anyone, but for me it would be a great accomplishment. I wish for all of you to have exactly what you need to ring in the new year with hope and happiness. May the silver linings shine a little brighter in 2024. Hugs to all. ❤️

I started out without much and quit high school my 17th birthday and joined the Coast Guard to get away from situations at home. I didn't have many expectations in life but I was given a blessed life and left wanting for nothing. My wife and I like to travel but now we have to take shorter trips because of my health issues.
I think my life has been like eating a ripe peach -if you find a bad spot just eat around it.
Don't forget to smile.

Thank you for sharing Kenneth and for doing so much for people you don't know or will ever meet. It warms my heart that with all of the ugliness you have experienced that you have some truly, once in a life time experiences. I have to remind myself almost daily that I haven't lost the ability or opportunity to experience those events again. I have been given the gift of experiencing amazing moments and awarded the memory of those moments that allows me to live them again and again, often at will. Wow!!!
Life can be a bummer but also is filled with love, triumph, wonder, beauty. learning, growth, forgiveness, amazement and I've experienced all of this first hand. It's been worth every moment of effort, heartbreak and tears. I have to say, overall, life is worth living, it is a zero sum game and oh, as Sinatra(?) sang, thanks for the memories!
Thanks Kenneth for helping me to remember the good, bad and ugly gifts, rewards, blessings and pain of life.
Maria

I've lived a full life, been married for fifty plus years, made an incredible amount of money, raised a family, lived, loved, and laughed.
Spent three decades in the navy, lived in many places and traveled the world and seven seas, been to more countries and witnessed more than most could imagine. Some good, some bad, and yes,I've been to HELL and back.
You would understand if you could just see the movie that plays inside my head.
So my bucket list is more of a redo list.
I would love to see one more sunset and sunrise on the open sea from a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier.
Dont get me wrong, I saw many. I watched my last sunrise aboard the USS Eisenhower back in the mid 1990's. At the time, I just didn't realize how much I would miss it until it was gone.
I've taken cruises, but it's just not the same thing without the sorties.