Cross Walking a Bridge off my“Mini” Bucket List

Dominic Carter
4 min readDec 3, 2023

Walking part of New York’s Mario Cuomo Bridge

I can admit when I was in my 20s I was much more adventurous. Even my 30’s. Willing to do just about anything.

Jump off a cliff. Skydive. You name it. Scuba Dive. I was in for it. I didn’t do those things, but I was all in. Now as I’m about to hit the age of 60, things have changed. Dare I say to be candid, I’m unwilling to do almost anything adventurous. But I call the fear common sense.

Common Sense that I know my body has changed and perhaps more importantly, my mentality has changed. Quite frankly I can’t do the things that I used to do. It is that simple! Like run fast and be really good at football. Those days are gone. I’m good at watching the NFL or college ball.

So one of the things on my mini bucket list is every time I pass a bridge, every time I drive over a bridge, for example, the old Tappan Zee Bridge now named the Mario Cuomo Bridge or the George Washington Bridge, I always look off to the immediate side and see people walking over the bridge.

I always think to myself for a moment as I’m driving over the…

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Dominic Carter
Dominic Carter

Written by Dominic Carter

Dominic Carter is a Political Commentator/WABC Radio. Dominic also is a Keynote Speaker on Child Abuse, Foster Care, and Mental Illness.

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