Retirement

This is a word I have not thought a lot about in my lifetime.....but this IS where I am in my life!
I am SO surprised! I thought 'retirement' was what OTHER people did.....what OTHER people had at the end of a long career. I NEVER thought about it in reference to ME! But here I am at the age of 62 and......retired! I am LOVING it! I have no work schedules or social obligations. Every morning I wake up and the day belongs to ME! Now, how COOL is THAT?? We get up when we want, go to bed when we wish and eat when and what we like.

All this is not to say I have not done my share of work in my life. As a wife, mother, home educator and business partner......I have been busy! And busy is a good thing. I do not regret any of the 'work' I have done in life. I have four gifted and professional children I hold in high regard. They are the jewels in my crown. At the end of my life THEY are the reason for my being. However, they are all thriving in careers and families of their own. And I am SO blessed to live to see this! THEY were the purpose of my life.

Now they are all successful and on their own......and here I am. Enjoying 'retirement' with the man of my dreams. Someone who loves me with all his heart. He is the man I will love until my dying breath.

Louis Dean has had several careers in his lifetime. He was in the Army (a cook), worked for the county, was a professional baker at Rainbow Bread Company, put himself and his wife through college while working full time and then taught school for 25 years. He returned to work after we married by getting a job at Home Depot. He has been one busy man! He says retirement just means you get tired all over again! Perhaps he is right.

I am so blessed to have found such a wonderful man! We take care of each other and THAT is a full time job for BOTH of us!

“Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it”