Saturday, September 13, 2025

Retirement Five Years Late

I had thought about retiring at 70 years young in 2020. Retirement Vision 2020, I called it. In February, Covid lunged into our world. My sister was in the ICU being intubated, she couldn't breathe. In March and April people were hiding out, afraid to mingle. On June 3 our doctor called us into her office and informed us that Lisa had lung cancer, stage two. My world turned upside down. Meeting customers at the bicycle shop was dangerous but the functioning shop was my anchor. We battled with Covid and Cancer and Fire and Smoke and my own Cancer surgery for the next three years. We were given health "all clears" in 2024. Retirement at 75 is looking promising.