After their last doctor visits Jeremy and his wife, Felicity, planned a series of trips across the country. They went from their children’s homes to those of other family members to friends making sure to mark the date so they would not forget to attend Sunday Mass wherever they were. They saw baby alligators lie on mama alligators’ backs in the Everglades, fancy roosters wander the streets of Key West, cold Alaskan glaciers, deep Arizona canyons, Rocky and Blue Ridge mountains and wide expanses of oceans with turtles, birds and seashells.
Some noticed the medications they were taking while others wondered about their talk of checking off items on their bucket lists. Regardless, they could be counted on to visit when there were births or weddings and to offer consolation at funerals leaving those they visited overwhelmed with peace.
In spite of the medications and bucket lists Jeremy and Felicity beep bopped around the country for another thirty years and the Lord visited them every day putting at the top of their list those who most needed to see them next.
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Denise offers the prompt word “date” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Romans 10:13 – “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (KJV)
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
God knows the time: “the Lord visited them every day putting at the top of their list those who most needed to see them next.”
Great story!
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Thank you, Michael! Their bucket lists were put together by the Lord.
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BTW – I went to Key West once but somehow missed the Roosters. I guess I need to go back!
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They wander around the side streets. I think I saw that one in the photo while walking past the cemetery going toward the harbor (tourist area).
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The Lord makes sure He fills His buckets first. Nice story.
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Good point: His buckets come first. Thank you, Mary!
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sounds like a near death experienced changed the couple’s trajectory
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Facing death changed them for the better. Thank you, Jim!
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Always neat to see your shortstory!
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No matter the issue, God is bigger!
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God is bigger and they let him have control of their bucket lists. Thank you, Mark!
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Traveling to see friends and family and lend a helping hand has been a dream of mine. Maybe someday The Good Lord will let me lead this kind of life.
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May we all be a blessing to those around us even if it doesn’t involve travel. I liked your story of attempting to predict the end times and understand the Trinity.
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Sounds like a near death experienced changed the couple’s trajectory
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Being faced with their own deaths changed them. When they started changing the lives of others their own lives improved. Thank you, Max!
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Very nicely written Frank. I was pleasantly surprised at how many more years they had in the last line – I had thought that perhaps one of them had cancer and a short amount of time predicted left. Now I wonder if they learned that they a different diagnosis. Regardless, it’s lovely to know that they were able to travel around and be wherever they needed to be next.
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I imagined them having a life-threatening disease. And then as they visited others their bucket lists changed as did their own lives. Thank you, Nicole!
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They were granted a wonderful mission in life. A lovely story, Frank.
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They had the best bucket lists. Thank you, Keith!
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Hopeful story, Frank.
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Thank you, Nick!
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Perhaps the strongest medicine is happiness & caring for others?
This was lovely, Frank!
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Yes, I think you’re right. Thank you, Liz!
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Seems Jeremy and Felicity were given a gift.
To live presently, enjoy yourself and others, engage and participate in the world, it has a way of making life. ..better.
Uplifting Six, Frank.
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Thank you, Denise! They did have a gift.
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I like the implication all may not be well with them, but they aren’t letting it stop them from living their lives. Great six.
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Good point. They probably did have some medical problems. Their bucket lists were to visit whom the Lord told them most needed to see them. In the process of obeying they lived a long life. Thank you, Anne!
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