Reason 21 I'm Retiring
This Guy
This is my youngest son, Allen. In the four years since my husband’s death, Allen and I have formed a little family of two. It’s not always easy to be Allen’s mom and I'm not always good at it. When Allen was three, he was labeled “developmentally delayed”, but when he was twenty-eight, he received the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. I could say more about this diagnosis and what it meant to both of us, but that’s for another time.
Allen is pretty self-sufficient but still depends on me for a lot of things. And I know I won’t be around forever. I want to help Allen develop as many independent skills as I can: balancing a budget, cooking something other than pizza and chicken patties, and doing household repairs.
What’s a reason you’d have for retiring or changing your life?
Just from reading your posts, I know you're a good mother.
A chance to do things you never had the time to do. A chance to do new things. I am not a good reader, slow one but now retired I have more time to read, which I need . I can now enjoy and finish a book. Sew an involved project. Plant a garden.