LAST PART

About Me — Linda Wright

Retirement years

Photo of me my granddaughter took for my self published books

I thought writing about my childhood years would be the hardest years to write about. But now when I am ready to write about my retirement years I think this part of my life will be the hardest one for me to write.

Last Part — Retirement Years — Part 1

Grief has been a factor in my life for many of my years. Shortly after I retired from teaching I got a job in a little boutique. The owner of the shop and I became very good friends. She said to me one day at work, “I have never known anyone that has gone to so many funerals as you have!” She and I had shared family stories so she knew my history with grief and my family members. But of course she observed me losing friends and going to many funerals when I worked for her.

I already have written on Medium About Me — Linda Wright that my father died when I was a teenager. My mother died in my teaching years. But three significant deaths of family members happened in my retirement years. Also funerals of aunts, uncles, a cousin, my mother and father-in-laws, and friends, had to be attended.

The first significant death after my retirement was of my wonderful, loving, caring…