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8/26/2015

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Bucket lists give us the opportunity to imagine all the things we want to accomplish or experience on earth.  These lists can help focus our lives and set goals to achieve them.  Some of us deeply desire to go to Paris or see the Grand Canyon or go to Russia.  We might want to go white water rafting or skydiving.  When we craft these bucket lists, our imagination can run wild as we envision what things we want to do with our time on earth.  Some items on our list might need a great deal of planning.  We might need to set money aside for a particular adventure.  Sometimes things on our list might not cost a dime and might just be things we need just give ourselves permission to do now. 

Foundations are formed to give dying people both children and adults a final wish in their last days.  When we are faced with death, our true desires come into focus.  What we truly wish to experience and accomplish might be easier to envision then.  We hear of children wanting to go to Disney World as a final wish.  If we are older perhaps we might most desire is to have our family gathered around us one last time so that we can share stories and laugh while we can.   Maybe that trip to Paris with someone dear to us is our true desire.  Each one of us is different, so what one person might most desire would not at all be what another would ever dream of wanting.  That’s the beauty of being human.

Bucket lists can be an on going list we keep in our minds or written down.  Bucket lists can be wonderful tools.  They can help us understand ourselves better.  Bucket lists, when they become more of the focus of our lives, may become less of a tool and more an escape from reality.  As we go along in life, we need to stop and look for the day-to-day goodness we have.  I know that sometimes seeing the good can be almost impossible, but I think if we are open to this, we can see the beauty around us. 

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    Caroline Vuyadinov


    I graduated from St. Vladamir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York with a Master of Divinity.  I trained as a chaplain following graduation and worked with a wide variety of people. 

    When I moved to Canada, I began work in a women's halfway house in Hamilton, Ontario which worked with women in conflict with the law on a federal level.  I became the program manager and  loved working alongside the women, creating their plans for their reintegration back to the community.  I also worked as a liaison with the parole board, parole officers and other community service providers.

    Upon my return to the United States, I worked in the Death Care Industry as a Family Service Counselor, which lead me to become a green burial advocate. I co-founded Midwest Green Burial Society with Juliann Salinas. I speak  to community groups and have developed practical seminars for a variety of audiences.  I have been interviewed on a national podcast and was featured on a WGN spot dealing with green burial. 

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