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“Cosmo, you’re gonna die!”  - The mother from ‘Moonstruck’.

Kat has an interesting meme sort of thing going on at her blog “Crescat” concerning things she would like to do before she dies…she’s just a couple of years younger than I am - 32 years old she says - so I thought I’d post what I would like to do here instead of leaving a comment at her place.

Places I would like to visit before I die:

• Rue de Bac, Paris, the shrine of the Miraculous Medal apparitions.
• Guadalupe, but I’d have to go back in time before they built that hideous new basilica.
• Back to Italy, to visit all of the saints I missed on my other trips.
• Great Britain, to mourn the reformation.
• The Holy Land - hopefully to die there.

Things I would like to accomplish before I die:

• Figure out what is really wrong with me - I mean, why have I never been normal?  (Not that I ever really wanted to be.)
• Call my sister and little brother.
• Become a celebrity artist, writer and named a National Treasure in my lifetime and become a regular on Oprah and Letterman.  (I’m kidding Don Marco.)

Seriously, back on topic:

• Become holy- to do something beautiful for God - to live a life of perfect love and enter into transforming union before I die - of course, that is a grace - no one can ‘do it’ themselves. (Really!  It is what I hope for though!  Even if it is seconds before death.)
• Then, to die of love…another grace.
• Finally, to bring countless souls, my loved ones, and many, many, many, little ones to Heaven with me - especially all of those I have offended.

Well, that’s my to-do-list.  By the way, my obituary picture will be a picture of me in my 20’s…I can’t let people see me looking like this!