Found a preview to retirement life

I retired from my job a few years ago and was wondering how things would change when it’s my husband’s turn. Once the pandemic got bad enough, my husband took leave time off from work because he is diabetic and at high risk for becoming very ill if he was to catch Covid-19. It’s been…

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Sewing

I had an old sewing machine from my mother, but it didn’t work well. I started sewing masks and got frustrated, so my daughter offered me a new one for Mothers Day… And I discovered the pleasure of sewing! I have plenty of sewing projects now!

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My grandson’s progress

My first and only grand son was 6 months old when we got assigned at home. He is now 9. In the meantime, he has started sitting up, eating…with his fingers, uttering “da” and “ba”, playing with toys, recognizing faces…and I missed his little body in my arms very very much.

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Permission

I am an introvert. An introvert who has always felt like a loser for not craving social interaction. I’ve worried often that I was doomed to become the old “cat lady” in my apartment building as I age. As the pandemic set in and the world was relegated to their living rooms (if they were…

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someone I was

I was born at the end of the 50s and entered the job market for real (after grad school) in the 80s and though I laughed at the T-shirts that said “The person who dies with the most stuff wins” I confess that I acted as if I believed that motto. Which is to say…

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