“Alice’s Bucket List” is a blog created by British teen Alice Pyne, a 15-year-old with terminal cancer. The idea of the blog is to document how precious the time she has with her family and friends is and includes notes on the things she hoped she could do before her illness got the better of her.
Alice’s first blog post was on June 6, 2011. Within three days, the might of the Internet was behind her, cheering her on, donating to the causes she supports and helping her to work through her bucket list. While it’s difficlt to determine when the blog went viral, it is known that John Woodcock, a member of the British Parliament, raised awareness of the blog in a meeting with the Prime Minister on Wednesday and that many other celebrities (including musician Katy Perry) posted about Alice on Twitter over the last few days.
The hashtag #alicebucketlist is climbing Twitter’s worldwide trending topics chart, raising hope that one of Alice’s top bucket list items, getting everyone to be a bone marrow donor, may be completed.
Alice explains that she didn’t create her blog for profit, she simply made it for her family and friends. Even so, she is excited about the attention and encouraging people to support a cause that is dear to her heart:
“So, I was never begging and I don’t need any money but I do love to get your messages and I hope you’ll follow my blog and keep leaving me a message. I will take a camera with me wherever I go and I’ll post photos of everything I do. In return, you can keep asking everyone you bump into to join the bone marrow donation schemes in your country.”
A lot of people are inspired by Alice’s story and are contributing to that particular bucket list item. Unfortunately, some wishes on the list will probably not be entirely fulfilled. Of the 17 items on Alice’s list, there are several (such as traveling to Kenya or becoming a dolphin trainer) which she admits she can’t do due to the progression of her illness. She’s not letting such thoughts her down; the teen is savoring every beautiful moment she can and challenging the rest of us to think about the very thing we all try to avoid thinking about:
If today was your last day on this earth, how would you spend it?
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