Category: Retirement
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Gray Pride
Reading Time: < 1 minute Belongingness is right smack in the middle of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs…above food, clothing, shelter and safety, but below esteem and self-actualization. Most people spend their whole life joining groups and organizations that share their interests and help them feel good about themselves. Sometimes the organizations even help them “leave… Read more
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Have You Forgotten How to Play?
Reading Time: < 1 minute As a follow up to Tuesday’s post, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want the next decade of my life to look like. The thinking reminded me that I also designed, but never offered, another Community Adult Education class called Learning to Play Again. Playing is important as… Read more
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Peace River Lives Up to Its Name
Reading Time: < 1 minute We took an airboat ride on the Peace River yesterday. It’s interesting to see Florida about 15 miles inland, away from the coastal communities and hub bub of the beaches and tourist traps that are stereotypical of the Florida in northerners minds. It’s unexpectedly beautiful and more peaceful than I’d… Read more
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Grathen’s Last Resort
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of our forever friends is here this week. We so enjoy having friends and family visit to be able to share the abundant life we live in Florida. For our friend Bill, this is a respite in his normal routine of caring, with his wife, for his 95-year old mother-in-law… Read more
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Lazy Days
Reading Time: < 1 minute I didn’t get up this morning until nearly 10 am. In my defense I had a bad night and didn’t fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning. Since I’ve been awake I’ve done basically nothing. My sweet husband just let me sleep and went about his business, taking… Read more
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Where the Heart Is
Reading Time: 4 minutes Randy and I lost nearly everything we owned in a tornado in 2003. We learned back then that relationships are what matter most during our earthly life. Though we love living in Florida and I’d be happy to never take another vacation, we have relationships that matter a lot to us… Read more
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Road Trip!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ever since Randy and I met, one of our favorite things to do together is to take road trips. When we were dating, Randy was stationed at KI Sawyer Air Force Base near Marquette, Michigan and I lived and worked in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Every other weekend one of us drove to… Read more
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Perfect Peace
Reading Time: < 1 minute I went to the beach twice this week. Both days were perfect. The water and the air were calm and warm, nearly identical in temperature, which means the water wasn’t too cold and the air wasn’t too hot. My friends and I spent hours just floating, completely without effort. The… Read more
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Ya Gotta Have a Purpose
Reading Time: 2 minutes As much as I’d love to be able to lay on the beach every day, that’s not practical when designing life after retirement. I’ve always wanted to write. Not fiction. I’m not very good at making up stories. But it seems I have a bit of talent for telling real stories,… Read more