"How's retirement?" a friend's mom in from out of town asked this afternoon.
I gave my standard answer. "So far, it's just been like summer break," I laughed.
She is a former teacher and nodded knowingly. "You won't really feel it until school starts."
I knew what she meant. I definitely felt a twinge of uncertainty when Heidi got her back-to-school letter from the principal yesterday, and I eagerly read over the pre-service week schedule and agendas, wondering all along if perhaps I had made a mistake.
"I'll be honest," she continued, "I did go through a period where I questioned my purpose. After being a teacher for so long, how could I not?"
I nodded in recognition.
"But you know what?" she told me. "That did not last long, and I'm here to tell you that retirement is wonderful!"
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