Bucket List Item

Everyone has a bucket list, it’s almost always filled with places we want to explore, goals we want to accomplish, and adventures big and small that we would like to go on. I started mine sophomore year of high school and I didn’t hold back while writing it, the last time I looked at it was years ago but it was approximately four pages, front and back, and was filled with some of the greatest adventures I have already been on. After all of these years, while I still have that notebook tucked away somewhere, I mentally keep track of my list, watching it grow and change as the years keep ticking on. Every time I accomplish something on my list I’m filled with wonder and love for the universe and almost always end up adding a few more to it right on the spot. . A little over a week ago when I was back home and spending the day in NYC with my beautiful best friend Liz, I got to cross another item off my bucket list: Hold hands with someone I love, while ice skating at Bryant Park during the holidays. Every year at Christmas my family and I go to walk the winter village at Bryant Park, and every year I used to wonder who it would be that I would one day have that moment with. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that my best friend would surprise me with that exact activity, not knowing I had been dreaming of it for years! As we skated the rink, one hand out in front of me as if to help with my balance, and the other grasped tightly to hers, I was reminded of what I have known for years - life, with all of its highs and lows, are better when I have this woman standing by my side.