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Continue reading →: Traveling, Books and New Family.
It seems I missed posting in May and June as months were busy with travel recovery, garage sales, and more travel. This time to St. Louis for a family wedding, Detroit for a Father’s Day Tigers baseball game, and then back to New Orleans to visit with the new three…
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Continue reading →: Pot Holes and Daffodils.
I have spent a lot of time on the road from Indianapolis to New Orleans, then Chicago, and now Ohio and what I have learned is to appreciate the spring flowers and flowering trees and avoid the pot holes. I think we all learn this over time in our lives…
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Continue reading →: New Orleans, First Grandchild.
We just returned from a trip to see my first born Son and his first child. It was a challenging experience for all. When your firstborn tells you he thought we was going to lose his lovely lady and his child when he walked into the room where they were…
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Continue reading →: Life Lived with Purpose.
It’s been an interesting month politically and socially in the news and in the neighborhood. Dear friends are talking of being unsure of their safety and their futures here in the United States under the current political party. I really care for these friends and their welfare. Laws are being…
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Continue reading →: Thoughts on Men and Women.
I have just returned from a Women’s Church Retreat in a local State Park. The topic was about Chaos and Courage, presented by a female pastor and attended by people of a variety of colors. I reflect on this as I watched a PBS show this morning discussing the good…
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Continue reading →: Reflections on South Dakota.
November led us to the middle of South Dakota to work with other family members to clean up, clean out and sell my husband’s family home. His mom is now with family back east after being unable to live alone there. She had moved back to her family home from…
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Continue reading →: Emotions post election.
We worked the polls yesterday. Ours are open 6 AM to 6 PM and we live in a red state. I was a blue person this year due to several factors but woke to news that made me sad for the first time in years after an election. We are…
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Continue reading →: So many choices, so little energy.
I turned in my work laptop and badge on Friday. It’s now Wednesday and I have made To Do lists and checked off boxes. I went to visit my favorite Fall festive with Covered Bridges in the cold wind and noticed that each year after sitting at a laptop all…
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Continue reading →: Life is so complicated!
Retirement is a week away and I am up to my eyeballs in paperwork. My moods are on the edge of anxious, stressed, snappy. I am looking forward to moving past this into my Craft Loft, a place in my home with paper, inks, stamps, glue, crayons, markers, and colored…
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Continue reading →: Count down two weeks
My life is about to change again. I retire from being a community mental health therapist in two weeks and I’m excited. There are things to do to close out a caseload and say goodbye to people I have come to love and treasure as they shared their lives with…
Retirement
How did I get here? One minute I was young in the 60’s and 70’s the next I’m retired and looking at life after work and paycheck and wondering which steps to take next. My friends say life is full of more choices now with time and reduced energy and some are much busier now with volunteer experiences, travel, and family time.
Here are some thoughts to share end expressions of one born into one generation and dealing with several more born afterwards. Thoughts about technology, faith, family, sometimes politics and choices. Just here to laugh, cry, and share ideas. Have fun.
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