May 2026--I’ve always believed there are far more good people in the world than bad. We hear so much about the bad and not nearly enough about the good, so this post is about the good. I can’t say what happened to me “restored” my faith in humanity, because instead, it strengthened it. Last Monday morning, I received a call from a wonderful woman at our local State Farm office. My mind started racing—had I missed a payment? Had something changed? I had no idea. After we exc

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Note: Read with caution. Something tells me you may be humming (or strumming) to a Roberta Flack song or singing along with Foreigner while reading this. June 2021--One year ago today was the first day of my retirement. It was a melancholy day to say the least--happy to be moving forward in my life journey—yet sad to be moving away from something I loved. Looking back, that first day of retirement was the first of many firsts. It was the first time I didn’t have a deadline. I