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June 19, 2026 Reader I was at the gym today and ran into a fellow I hadn't seen in a long time. We made the usual casual hellos — how are you, how's the family — and then he asked me if I was still retired, and was it like five years now? It made me stop and think. Has it been five years? Not quite — but it will be four years this August. Wow. How fast life moves. Then, later in the day, I was reading an article about retirement that stopped me cold. It said that while most people assume...

June 5, 2026 Reader A couple of weeks ago, Mike and I went to a concert. A friend of ours plays in a band, and they had a gig about 35 minutes away. It was one of those cold, cloudy, dreary May days — the kind where the sky can't decide if it's winter or spring. But our friend was playing, and we're supportive people, so we bundled up and went. About halfway through the show, I was officially freezing. I glanced at Mike. Mike glanced at me. And in that moment of marital telepathy that only...

June 5, 2026 Reader Last week I was on the phone with a good friend — the kind of call where you look up and realize an hour has disappeared. We covered the things that matter - kids, grandkids, what we're reading, what's been filling our days. And somehow, the way those conversations do, we drifted into something I didn't expect. We both admitted we'd been running ourselves a little ragged with charity and volunteer work. Not complaining — we chose this. But there's something worth saying...

May 29, 2026 Reader By the time I was 16, I had moved 12 times. Making friends wasn't a social skill — it was survival. You learned fast how to walk into a new school, find your people, and build something real before your dad got transferred again. So, you'd think I'd have this friendship thing figured out by now. And mostly, I do. But here's what I didn't expect: the older I get, the more I find myself quietly envious of people who never left their hometown. People who still have coffee...

May 22, 2026 Reader Here's something no one tells you when you're 13 or 14 and desperate to be taken seriously: adulthood is wildly overrated. I remember wanting it so badly. My own car. My own money. My own decisions. Freedom. And then I got all of it — along with a mortgage, a deadline-driven career, and an inexhaustible talent for worrying about things I couldn't control. Congratulations, kid. You made it. But here's what I've learned, somewhere in the neighborhood of sixty-something: the...

May 15, 2026 Reader This weekend, we're celebrating my daughter — and I am over the moon excited for her. When she graduated from college (Cum Laude, thankyouverymuch — I think she got that from me - lol), she wasn't quite sure what she wanted to do with her life. Honestly, who is at 22? She had a sharp mind and a degree to match, so she found her footing as the Outdoor Services Manager at a prestigious public golf course. She was good at it. But she wanted more. So, she enrolled in a...

May 8, 2026 Reader The Emotional Side of Spending in Retirement — And Why We All Struggle With It Differently I have a confession to make. Even as retirement draws closer, even with a financial advisor who assures me we're in good shape, there is a voice in the back of my mind that whispers the same thing it always has: but what if you run out? I call her my inner bag lady. And apparently, I'm not alone. It started early. Growing up, money was tight. If I wanted something — and I mean...

What I Know Now.. February 20, 2026 What I Know Now...Living In-Between Friends, Oh, what a week. My son, his wife, and their two little ones—ages two years and seven months—came to Florida for a visit, and I have been counting down the days. As a gramma…or should I say GAGA, I did what any excited grandmother would do: I stocked up on toys, books, and little goodies to make their stay extra special. Spending time with them was pure joy—but it was also a reminder of just how demanding...

What I Know Now.. February 6, 2026 What I Know Now...Retirement doesn't always happen as planned Friends, Retirement doesn’t arrive the same way for everyone. My brother-in-law didn’t plan some long, graceful exit. He turned 61 in July, looked at an overbearing boss and a company that hadn’t contributed to his pension in nearly a decade, and decided he was done. With my sister still working—and able to carry the health insurance—he walked away from the 7-to-3 grind and never looked back....

What I Know Now.. January 30, 2026 What I Know Now...Kindness Matters More Than Ever Friends, Lately, I’ve been feeling uneasy at how divided and tense our world feels—especially when it comes to politics. No matter where you fall on the spectrum, it seems like conversations that used to be thoughtful and curious now too often turn into arguments, assumptions, and sometimes even calls for harm. What I know now is this: we are still neighbors. We are still family members. We are still people...