NEVER BEEN BEFORE

A wise and successful women whom I greatly admire
shared this bit of wisdom:

"Make certain you are retiring "TO" something

not retiring "FROM" something."

At this posting,
I am still rolling up my sleeves,
going to work and getting the job done.

 However, each day I face friends and colleagues
interested in what I plan to do in a few months.

Actually, my answers seem a little superficial and silly.

I am finding it very difficult
to look ahead to a future where I have never been before.

Is it wrong to just want to be home for a while?

I haven't been home......really home for so long.

I yearn to putter and plan a day just for me

and then do it again tomorrow.

What a novel idea to do laundry in the morning
on a day other than Saturday.

I wonder if I can remember how to make bread?

I know that I will play my piano anytime I want....

set up my watercolor room and
paint to my heart's content and
create something wonderful.....

perhaps sign up for a geology class....

maybe learn how to speak Spanish!

I have this amazing sewing room and I know how to sew.

I wonder how much it costs to take a flower arranging class?

I do know 
that harvest season will require the canning of
peaches and pears and apples

It is a sure thing 
that opportunities will come and
that I will make commitments again.
And

my family and church responsibilities
will continue to bless my life.

But just for a little while

I would like to discover those
places in me that I haven't gone yet.