Fay Risner

Leona's Christmas Bucket List: at a Winter's Pace Fay Risner

When Leona Krebsbach found out just before Thanksgiving that she didn't have long to live, she took charge of her life like she always did. She bought a small spiral notepad and title it Christmas Bucket List. On each page of the notepad, Leona listed something that she needed to get done while she still had time. Details like her funeral headed the list. She didn't want to leave anything for her daughters to have to worry about after she was gone. She kept her illness a secret until after Thanksgiving when she had all but one thing completed on her bucket list. Finally, she was as ready as she was ever going to get. She called her daughters and invited them to a tea party. Now was the time to tell them. At her age with a long life behind her, Leona Krebsbach should have felt better prepared mentally for the end. She should have been ready to go, because she would be with her beloved Clarence. If only she had managed to atone for that one regretful time that happened so many years ago. If that didn't weigh on her, she knew her mind set would be different, but she couldn't change the past. Even if she wanted to, she didn't have enough time. She reasoned her bucket list wasn't designed to do that unless a miracle happened.