Tales from a Bucket List Champ

We've made no secret that Kiki's marriage would fail. We never gave "Future Ex-Husband" a name. Here's the episode when the marriage dies. Kiki does not.

Life couldn't be better for Kiki. She gets to live out dreams as a mom that she never experienced as a child, including European Travel, plans to study at the Carl Jung Institute in Switzerland, and designing a retirement cabin on a Minnesota lake up north. It's happily ever after... for now.

Kiki adjusts to motherhood and home remodeling in Minnesota... and the Bucket List takes shape in Africa. Editor's note: SW Tanzania borders on ZAMBIA (not Uganda) and Malawi. Kiki apologizes to her geography teacher.

Kiki's pregnant! Her family visits New Orleans, where they meet a psychic. After baby arrives, the family moves back to Minnesota and buys a house.

Kiki was told 100% she'd never be a mother. Join in her journey from the strangest dream to miscarriage to viable pregnancy. But what about her career?

Buckle up, folks, this one's esoteric af. Kiki's intro to Jungian practices, which becomes a life passion.

Kiki frequently gets compared to Forrest Gump. Why? The reality and the fiction, plus hints at future episodes.

From Kiki and Amy:

We recorded this before the horrific murder of our hometown "gentle giant," George Floyd, but much of the content—especially the stages of grief—are very applicable to a nation (and world) in mourning for George, Ahmaud, Breonna, Philandro, Sandra, Eric, Trayvon, Michael....all murdered by police back to Emmett Till. We're in Minneapolis (some say Ground Zero), and we dedicate this episode about invisibility to them and their traumatized families. Even before the marching began in the midst of a still deadly pandemic, in the time of Covid-19 and quarantine, many people were beginning to discover (some for the first time) what people with invisible illnesses—and all marginalized members of society, especially young Black men just living their lives in daily fear—already knew: Our society is NOT JUST. Black Lives Matter. Period. Justice and peace is long overdue—not words, DEEDS and LAWS—and we all need to look deep within ourselves and ask, what can I do? And SEE our neighbors, HEAR their voices, really listen without defensiveness. Yes, we mean white folks must change, and that means all of us, no matter how uncomfortable - our white privilege is real, and our discomfort will not kill us.

Note: This episode was originally scheduled for release at the end of May. We did not feel right putting out an episode that first shocking week, and rearranged the order to not be tone deaf. We air it now hoping that the messages we share about Kiki's life with chronic invisible illness will be peripherally pertinent to, and honor, the chronic grief experienced by all Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

We state unequivocally: Black Lives Matter.

Art Credits: Shirien Damra (original); Jenna Mathis (re-created)

"Early Google" answers the question Kiki most often gets in her Forrestina Gump life: How did you get to Google?! What was it like? Please note that this season is recorded during a pandemic, so the sound will be an issue for some. Ah, irony, discussing the cutting edge world of Silicon Valley high tech while socially distanced and wearing face masks!

What a difference a year can make! Kiki moves from hell job to dream job after a lot of forays into the #metoo movement socially and sheer hard work professionally. Welcome to IBM and future ex-husband....