Before I Die, I Want To

BE	DO	HAVE	HELP	ENJOY	LEAVE
Financially Able—No debt	Teach special education or work directly with special needs children	A home	My children to see God's work	Life	St. Judes a sum of money
Nurturing wife	Set up college fund for kids	Family nights	Other children in need	My kids	Namesake
Understanding parent when my children are in a crisis or need	Set good example for my students	Healthy relationship with my husband	Church members who are struggling	Time alone with hubby before and after the kids are gone	No problems for my kids-everything prearranged
Christian woman and it shows	Sponsor a child	Cocker spaniel	My community with food and clothing drives	A retirement of traveling in a camper	Enough sentimental things for my children to treasure
Advocate for special needs children	Start a support for local parents with special needs children	Family trips every summer	Parents who are struggling supporting their kids-tell them about options they don't know about	Sitting on porch listening to birds and watching squirrels (just need the time to do it)	Enough money to support my husband and children if I go before them

This was an assignment in our women's small group at Journey Church. The answers are in no particular order. This assignment, however, did make you have to think about things you never want to. No one wants to think about what they want to do or be before they die.