I never gave much thought to retirement years as a single woman. I had dreams of retirement years shared with a loving husband, shared income, and traveling and enjoying life.. (In my dreams wishes come true) When this fairy tale foiled I eventually bought my house on my own and embraced life with the animals and children. Life has never been dull.
Yet I didn't plan on approaching retirement years single. There is no time for a pity party, rather I'll take the opportunity to do some reflection, soul searching and most of all discover a future path that suits me. It seems so strange to consider what I want to do. My life has always had a purpose.... what will my new purpose be.. Its time to start thinking about what comes next.. Am I ready for a new adventure?
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Welcome to blogland, and thank you for following my blog! Your dreams were just like mine - and mine had to change, too. You are lucky, though, that you had horses, donkeys, and a goat. I would have loved those in the backyard. I DID have chickens, dogs and cats, though, as well as a son and daughter, who are wonderful kids, and now - five grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteIn any event, life is good, and interesting, and never dull. I'm really enjoying RVing full-time, traveling where I want and being completely independent.
I hope your life is going well, and hope to see future blog posts! :)
(BTW, if you continue posting, you might consider taking the Word Verification off - it makes it difficult to leave comments, and will make a difference to the number of comments you receive.)
Thank-you so much for your kind comments and encouragement..... You are my very first follower! My first co-pilot. I'm not even sure I'm ready but here goes.... I'm trying to find more information about word verification and figure it out - so far no luck. ..... Thank-you again and stay in touch! Karen
ReplyDeleteFollow your dreams, even when they don;t go where you expect! I, too, am single and older and often wish I could've found myself in different circumstances. But compared to most people on this planet, I'm evry lucky, and so are you! Enjoying your blog!
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Spotted Dog Ranch.... I look forward to getting to know more about you too!
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I are on a similar journey, we too would love to jump off of the daily grind and get on the road but lifes choices have us locked in a house and debt up to our eye balls.
ReplyDeleteSo, we are slowly but surely paying off debt and trying it out in peices one RV trip at a time!
Good luck in making the decision!
Erik
There are LOTS & LOTS of solo female RVers on the road. Find some groups (Yahoo maybe) or forums where your trailer is similar to establish relationships with other solos - both men & women. I know of a couple of relationships that got started going to solo rallies!
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