Blogging and
preparing for retirement took a leave of absence for a couple weeks as life
offered a strong wakeup call . . . we lost a good friend and traveled from WA
to MN for services. She was only 59 and
had battled the ravages of ALS for a couple years. Bob had worked with her husband for 20+ years
and she and I had become good friends.
ALS is one of the saddest conditions and she faced each day of it with
courage, dignity, strength and grace.
It’s so sad to lose her and our hearts reach out to her husband, who was
her primary caregiver, and to her family.
Yes, life offered
one of those wakeup calls and the time is now to heed the lesson. Bob is only days away from retirement and we
have a long list of “things to get done” before we start to enjoy retirement. But really, we need to appreciate now because none
of us ever know how much time we have.
Sadly, our friends didn’t get to enjoy retirement because they didn’t
make it to that point together. We are
blessed to be able to look forward and have retirement in sight. Remembering what's important is what's important.
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