October 2021--Did I really cross the finish line? Or did I just pass the 10-mile marker in a 20-mile race? I spent nearly a year...

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