Road in Retirement

Perspective For many of us retirement often involves more travel. With no work or family pressures, we dream of finally having the time to visit exotic places we have always dreamed of. My recent visit to a beautiful northern California coastal B&B could fit that description, but that trip was more of a victory lap after a year of disability hell. In all honesty, retirement travel hasn’t really been discussed much between my husband and me because of my limitations and because he is still working. Nonetheless, our thinking has been adjusted or one could say, updated.  Priorities My relationship with God through Jesus has helped me adjust my priorities. Mentally, I am doing OK, some battles with frustration due to my nagging inability to get around and communicate well. I might also suffer from loneliness at times, but not mental anguish; most of that simply comes from Chris 😊. The apostle Paul provides wonderful wisdom in 2 Corinthians chapters 4 and 5 on what’s a priority for...

The Last California Road Excerpt I have written four blogs on my “road” in California if you have been keeping up. This final patch of road in my retirement had a few more twists and turns, but ringing through this entire trip was a theme of peaceful rest. Jesus tells us in Matthew 11 to come to him when needing a reprieve from labors and burdens and he would give us rest; even a deep rest for the soul. That was this trip. Let’s get back on the road and catch that flight out of the Golden State.  Departure Via the Coastal Highway Our time for departure had come at the cove in Northern California, and we rose early packed a few things, and then had breakfast in our room overlooking the morning surf. The tide seemed slightly higher and the “never gets old” big blue Pacific was churning once again below us extending west from the rugged dark gray and brown rocky cliffs and mini-islands of granite and sandstone orphaned from the shore. We settled up, checked out, and left the lovely co...