Friday, March 31, 2017

Retirement with Dandelions

I retired today and today Crayola retired the color dandelion.  Rather significant for me since my goal this summer is to rid my yard of anything called dandelion.

I'm not exactly sure when I knew it was time to retire.  About a year ago I started working from home four days a week and in the office for one day (Monday usually).  I enjoyed being at home and started really considering retirement - then at a point I knew it was time to wrap my career up.  Perhaps it was when Laura told me she was pregnant with #2.  



I have a few goals - I intend to make my spiritual growth my highest priority.  I want to write a book. I want to volunteer in my community.  I want to recreate my Grandmother's gardens.  Perhaps travel the world. I want to learn to make pies - really good pies. 
I want to share my family history with my grandchildren - the same history my grandparents shared with me. I want them to know about their ancestors and I want them to know about me.  I want to teach them what the names of the stars are and I want to watch sunrises and sunsets with them sitting next to me.  
I'm really excited for the days to come...