We just had lunch with my friend Elaine. This
was a slightly belated version of our
traditional birthday luncheon, which has been
our regular habit since we first met fourteen
years ago. I haven’t seen much of
Elaine or her husband Carl for the past few
months because they are usually on the road to
somewhere of interest since her retirement a
year and a half ago. Elaine was a community
outreach manager at a major local long-term care
facility. In this healthcare
community, Elaine’s advice is still actively
sought because she always placed the seniors and
their family caregivers above all else. In fact,
I can’t figure out how she still knows more
about the goings-on in this community than those
who are still actively working.
When I told her I really don’t like the word
Re-Tirement, she admitted that she prefers a
phrase she learned at a seminar a few years
ago—Re-Firement! I like that.
By the way, all of us at the lunch table were
at least 10 years old when Apollo 11 landed on
the moon 40 years ago next week. For our
fellow Boomers (plus),
where were
you on July 20th 1969?
Take care
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
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