Before I die I want to...

1.    Change someone's life.
2.    Adopt a child.
3.    Fall in love.
4.    Get married.
5.    Have children.
6.    Learn to sew.
7.    Finish reading East of Eden.
8.    Read every book by Ernest Hemingway.
9.    And JD Salinger.
10.  Write an essay.
11.  Participate in an organized debate.
12.  Sing/play piano in public at least one more time.
13.  Sleep under the stars all night long.
14.  Learn to cook as well as my mom.
15.  Be in a play.
16.  See Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.
17.  Buy my own car - without a loan.
18.  Go to California.
19.  Drive a boat.
20.  Somehow repay my parents for everything they've done.
21.  Write a book about my life.
22.  Acquire a love for exercise.
23.  Own a home.
24.  Decorate my own home.
25.  Volunteer helping children.
26.  Write a letter to the editor.