Superstition at its best

Assignment two: Write your own obituary. I must interject and say that I am extremely superstitious and hated the thought of typing my own death and printing it out in ink. My teacher seems to think that I'll learn from this assignment, but all it really made me want to do was cut off my fingers for typing about the end.

Born into a farmhouse surrounded by lush fields, lavish gardens, and the sound of cowbells, Sara Levine began her life in the rolling hills of eastern Connecticut. The product of two idealistic hippies, Sara soon learned that life was more about living than it was about working. On more than one occasion, she was taught that running away from a job was a better solution to toughing it out and that another door would always open after you left the last one swinging on its hinges.

Sara went to college because it was the next thing on the “to-do list” of life but having no idea what to study, she chose a major in Recreation Management knowing it used to be called Leisure Studies. It was a course of learning that enhanced the use of common sense and led her to be adaptable in life, no matter what career path she decided to take. And speaking of careers, Sara always said that having one was the last thing in life she would ever be excited about.

As a world traveler, Sara began to journal the differences between her own life and how it compared to everyone else’s. She felt that traveling to distant places would unlock the secret of life and open up the mysteries of the world’s constant evolution. In her novel, Everyone Else, Sara described how humbling it was to be in the presence of those who “have it figured out and seem to be content with what they have chosen to do with their time.” She was always on the quest for satisfaction, whether it came from people, relationships, food, travel, or scenery.

Early in life, Sara made a few wise investment decisions enabled her to purchase a vacation villa in Southern Spain, for which she gave each of her friends and family members a key to. Each year, Sara hosted a reunion for all her acquaintances, near and far and even paid the price of plane tickets for those who were unable. Sara has willed the vacation villa to her survivors under the stipulation that they continue the tradition of its annual party.