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If there is any wisdom to be taken from Max’s life, it is that Moments Are Xtraordinary and all of your moments and Xperiences shouldn’t be taken for granted. So we invite you to “give life attention”, as Max has said, and share one or many of your Xtraordinary moments. This is a place to gather and share photos and videos of ways that you “LiveLikeMax”. Whether you travel somewhere new, go to a concert, experience the perfect moment, or are doing something off of the LiveLikeMax checklist, we want to hear about it and be apart of your experience. Post your photos and videos through Instagram (#LiveLikeMax) and they will be uploaded here in this part of our website. Here is our official LiveLikeMax check list:
LiveLikeMax Community
Moments Are Xtraordinary
Go The Distance
Do A Cross-Fit Session
Participate In A Tough Mudder
Play Your Favorite Sport With Love And Passion
Ride A Mountain Bike For At Least 10 Miles
Run At Least 20 Miles
Run In A Marathon
Run With The Navy Seals
“Give Life Attention”
Build A Bon Fire At Sunset And Hang Out Until Sunrise
Go To A Music Festival Or Concert
Laugh until you cry
Host a party or get together
Ride every ride at Cedar Point
Dance All Night To Old School Music And Sing Every Word As Loud As You Can With Your Closest Friends
Grow A Beard
Throw a Pool Party
Look For Shooting Stars
Do Something Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Play A Game Of Ultimate Frisbee
Learn To Play A Song On The Piano
Be Able Point Out At Least One Constellation
Relax In A Hot Tub
Stay Up All Night Star Gazing From Sunset To Sunrise
Visit A Planetarium
Watch A Meteor Shower
Catch A Sunrise Or Sunset
Go To A Red Wings Game
Go To A Tiger’s Game
Paddle Board
Stand In The Surf
Go to the Apple Orchard for Cider And Donuts
Enjoy A Good Fish Taco
Enjoy A Good Chicken Shwarma
Enjoy Quality Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Go To An LA Lakers Game
Go Sledding At Midnight With your Best Friends And/Or Siblings
Sit On A Dock With A Cold Beverage Watching The Sunset While Listening To Your Favorite Song
Learn And Recite Any Ten WWII Facts
Learn A New Skill Or Craft
Learn A Taylor Swift Song And Sing It Out Loud Every Time It Comes On
Discover A New Artist Or Song As Often As Possible- Be Open To Different Genres Of Music
Create The Best Playlist For The Perfect Moments In Life
Family First
Do Something Special For A Family Member
Grill For Your Family
Make Fried Chicken And Waffles With A Sibling Or Best Friend
Watch A Good Movie With Your Entire Family
Go On A Trip/ Vacation With Your Family To Somewhere None Of You Have Ever Been
Tell Your Family How Much You Love Them
Start A Tradition With Your Family Or Siblings
Play With Your Pets
Teach Your Pet A New Trick
Go On An Adventure
Take A Trip To New Zealand
Hike Through A Rainforest In Costa Rica
Climb A Mountain
Visit One Of The Great Lakes And Get Your Feet Wet
Take A Ride In A Jeep With Your Favorite Song Playing
Do A Canadian Fly In
Spend A Weekend In Traverse City, Michigan
Go To Fish Town At Lake Leelanau, Michigan
Stand At The Top Of Camel Back Mountain In Scottsdale, Arizona
Visit San Diego
Do A Zip Line Course In Jamaica
Relax In Key West
Take A Trip To Italy
Party In The Dominican Republic
Vacation With Your Loved Ones In The Virgin Islands
See The Northern Lights In Alaska
Ski Or Snowboard With Your Favorite Friends In Northern Michigan
Relax At The Beach In Mexico
Get Lost In The Rocky Mountains
Go Deep Sea Fishing In The Florida Keys
Catch A Mahi Mahi
Catch A Walleye
Catch A Northern Pike
Find A Hidden Beach
Take A Road Trip
Go Surfing
Visit A Historical Place Or Landmark
Do a Polar Bear Plunge
Max's Book List
Breaking Buds: How Regular Guys Can Become Navy Seals By Dh Xavier
Damn Few- Making The Modern Seal Warrior By Rorke Denver And Ellis Henican
Fearless By Eric Blehm
Going Long By Joe Friel
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell By Tucker Max
Inside Delta Force By Eric L. Haney
Kill Bin Laden By Dalton Fury
Let My People Go By Yvon Chouinarc
Meditations By Marcus Aurelius
No Easy Day By Kevin Maurer And Matt Bissonnette
The Buffalo Creek Disaster By Gerald M. Stern
The Denial Of Death By Ernest Becker
The Killer Angels By Michael Shaara
The Red Circle By Brandon Tyler Webb And John David Mann
Max's Movie List
The Last Of The Mohicans
Saving Private Ryan
The Road To Perdition
American History X
Wedding Crashers
Stepbrothers
Superbad
Mean Girls
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
Cider House Rules
Dead Poets Society
Star Wars Trilogy
The Lone Survivor
Cast Away
The Conjuring
Paranormal Series
Zero Dark Thirty
Three Days Of The Condor
The Godfather Series
Jeepers Creepers (The Original)
The Breakfast Club
Gladiator
Braveheart
300
Dances With Wolves
Fight Club
Inglorious Bastards
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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Featured Xtraordinary Moments
A letter from Savanna Brooks
I wanted to share a little story with you, I figured you would be able to let the Pardingtons know they are phenomenal people in the eyes of my son. I was able to attend the Wine Dinner earlier this year and I brought home a macaroon for Mason (he’s 6) on a Live Like Max napkin, he asked me all about Max and I read him the story about Max’s life on their website and we scrolled thru many photos we found online. This was back in March and since then Mason is continually reminding me that he wants to “Live Like Max”. All summer when we would go for walks and bike rides, he was always saying in a happy tune “were going to live like Max today!”. He experienced the BMX track for the first time and crashed his bicycle getting a bloody nose and on our way home I asked if he had fun despite his crash, and he told me he has fun because he lived like Max. It melts my heart every time he mentions his new life motto seeing the impact the story of Max’s life has left on him. He is always asking me to embark on big adventures and see fun things, we had talked about going to see the Northern Lights recently and he asked me if Max had ever seen them, I explained that I wasn’t sure but that we could go one day and see them FOR Max, just in case he hadn’t had the chance. Max is living on thru so many people, but he is truly in the footsteps of Mason. I cannot imagine the loss of a child, but seeing my boy keep the fun loving spirit of Max alive is heartwarming and I know his family would be proud as well. I believe I was put in my role here to make a difference, never thinking that the difference I would make wouldn’t be with the patients, students, and families I see at work every day but at home with a boy who pushed me to be where I am today.
Featured Xtraordinary Moments
Run in a Marathon
Dear Pardington Family,
I was friends with Max in high school and at Michigan State. I think of him all the time, and I never take off my Live Like Max bracelet. Over the weekend I ran in the Detroit Free Press Half Marathon and I wanted to make sure I did something to support him and raise awareness for Live Like Max. I made a shirt that would support Live Like Max and another friend's organization. I just wanted to show you the shirt, and let you know I could tell Max was with me the whole time.
Sincerely,
Kaitlyn Kwiecinski