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Describe to someone who has never been in love, what it feels like when you have, at long...
There are no instruction manuals for navigating a first serious illness. Even nurse navigators...
One of the first issues to surface when one retires, is the quandary of what to do with all...
One night - that is the amount of time which you will have to transition to your new,...
I’ve been noticing that I’m getting subtly annoyed at my friends and close relations who are...
Traveling and retirement are almost synonymous terms. Of course, you will want to travel in your...
One of the first startling, but repeated retirement experiences I encountered was finding out...
Quite soon after your retirement, and curiously, even before it begins, you will notice some...
The other day, I innocently ordered lunch at a local restaurant, and at the table, I examined...
Food in retirement…......really? Is this topic worthy of a separate discourse? Weren’t we...
Finding meaning in retirement is no small task. That meaning can come from some very...
Having a parent or two when one retires can certainly be a blessing. However, all...
When I retired from my first job as a teacher, the union rep said, “Congratulations. You made...
The election of Joe Biden brought a full complement of emotions on that eventful day in...
I have a seventy-something year old husband, but in many ways, he has the enthusiasm of a...
During the coronavirus, millions of worker bees all over the world were holed up with not...
Humans are social beings. No doubt, you’ve had lots of company in your life. There is the...
Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a new retiree more than the constant interrogation by...
I was living my pre-retirement life with a great misconception. If I had to reduce it to one...
Unlike me, many people make their own decision when to retire. Very often, this is a long...