‘Live for Today’ viewer e-mails and stories

No. 32: See the Kentucky Derby   (WATCH THE VIDEO)

Today show Ruth Lee and her daughter Sheila Hatala.

I would like to see my mother get what she's always had at the top of her list and that is to attend the Kentucky Derby. My mother is 81, and has been caring for my father who has Parkinson's Disease. She grew up during the depression and has worked, along with my father, to raise and provide for their four daughters. She loves horses and has always spoken of sitting in the stands at the Derby wearing a hat! Every year when the Derby rolls around, she watches it with interest and says how she wishes she could see it in person before she dies... — Sheila Hatala

No. 31: Steamboat ride   (WATCH THE VIDEO)

"At the top of my to-do list is to take a trip up the Mississippi river. When working in Baton Rouge, La., I would see the American Queen dock across the street from where I worked. When I retired, I vowed I would someday be on board as the boat steamed away from the dock and I would be on the deck of that paddle wheeler viewing life along the banks of the Mississippi, and possibly, if I twisted the arm of the calliope player, getting a lesson on the calliope and playing a song on that wonderful musical machine!" — Betty Jo Smith

No. 29: Dirty dancing   (WATCH THE VIDEO)

"I would absolutely love to learn how to ballroom dance with the man I love the most — my husband, Ray! We just completed our family as we just had a baby girl; we also have a 5-year-old boy and a 2-year-old boy. We both work; my husband runs his own business and I work for one of the largest banks in the country. We made a commitment to each other not to send our children to daycare, so we balance and juggle work (while the kids run circles around us!), 2 small children and a newborn on a daily basis (not unlike most parents!). Needless to say, we don't have any time for ourselves and we have often thought about how wonderfully romantic it would be to learn how to ballroom dance together — to hold each other close and sway to the music!!" —Donna Furgal