Bucket List

I went to the Mission Raceway to watch my nephew and my brother in law race.  My nephew Shane had bought a racing car and was using the opportunity given by Mission Raceway for people to race their cars on Friday nights to practice. My brother in law Tom decided that he wanted to complete an item on his bucket list, and he wanted to race. So the family and extended family all went out to the races on a Friday night to watch Tom complete an item on his Bucket List. On the way out we stopped at a pub restaurant in Mission to have a coffee. There was a mother with a seven-month-old girl (who was trying to walk) and the women in my party struck up a conversation with the new mum. 

The baby girls name was Ocean, very cute name and a very cute baby. The ladies talked to the mum about how cute the baby was and diets and other stuff, being a guy I soon bored of the conversation but as my mind wandered, I watched Ocean; she appeared delighted with her surroundings, taking everything in, watching the ladies in my party as they each tried to talk to her. Ocean was accepting of the attention and appeared to be delighted with just being there. She tried to walk, fell a few times but each time she got back up, smiled and tried again.

Babies have a unique way of bringing a sense of new beginnings and a sense of wonder about the world, which we as adults sometimes lose. So at the beginning of a new year perhaps it is time for us Boomers, to take a lesson from the babies and regain our sense of wonder about the world and delight in new beginnings.

The racetrack was very busy and it took a while for Tom to race. He did a good job, his reaction time was fast for an older Boomer (Tom is older than me, but not by much). I enjoyed the opportunity to be at the racetrack and to watch Tom and Shane race. The Bucket list is not a bad idea, but I am not ready to begin to think about kicking the bucket so I am not ready to make my list yet. One day soon perhaps. Have you created your own personal bucket list?

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