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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 514554" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>My dad died when my mother was 55. She's 80 now.</p><p>She worked full time for the same person for 43 years. He passed away when she was 65. Great, time to retire you would think. Well, no. She had moved to an apartment (my dad built our house, it was on a lot of land, and just too much for her to handle). So she signed up with a temp agency, then was hired full time. But that company moved. She signed back up with another temp agency, and was again hired full time, and that company moved. She said for get it, and now works at Kings Island during the summer. During the winter, she knits prayer shawls for cancer patients and baby hats for local hospitals. She has her friends that she gets together with. The kids would stay occasionally with her when they were younger (I was pregnant with my oldest when my dad died), but with her always working, not a lot.</p><p>I guess what I'm saying is - give it time. Is there something you've always wanted to do but couldn't? Why not try? Or find a new thing. The "wound" is still fresh, it's going to take a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 514554, member: 439"] My dad died when my mother was 55. She's 80 now. She worked full time for the same person for 43 years. He passed away when she was 65. Great, time to retire you would think. Well, no. She had moved to an apartment (my dad built our house, it was on a lot of land, and just too much for her to handle). So she signed up with a temp agency, then was hired full time. But that company moved. She signed back up with another temp agency, and was again hired full time, and that company moved. She said for get it, and now works at Kings Island during the summer. During the winter, she knits prayer shawls for cancer patients and baby hats for local hospitals. She has her friends that she gets together with. The kids would stay occasionally with her when they were younger (I was pregnant with my oldest when my dad died), but with her always working, not a lot. I guess what I'm saying is - give it time. Is there something you've always wanted to do but couldn't? Why not try? Or find a new thing. The "wound" is still fresh, it's going to take a while. [/QUOTE]
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