Touching the Past

Today, I took autographed, personalized, gift-wrapped copies of my first book around to my former clients (architects, contractors, etc.), my dentist, business friends, etc. I thought it would take a couple hours. It didn’t. It took six hours. I hadn’t anticipated the fun-filled reunions. It is marvelous to see my former business friends after so many years. It paid off to have a Christmas book I could share with them. Each of them was excited about what I was doing with my retirement years. I am grateful I began developing writing skills twenty years ago. Only in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I would really find any of my books in print.
I hope everyone who reads this blog has something, besides a full-time job, to look forward to after they retire. During the second summer after I graduated from high school, I worked for a man who was nearing retirement. As I understand things, he had so little to keep him busy after he quit working that he simply withered away and died within a year. That experience has always motivated me to stay busy doing what I like to do.
This blog isn’t so much on how to do things or what I’m doing, but I think there is a message there, nonetheless.