[Magdalen] Big Changes

[Ginga Wilder]

John is still working everyday - broker in charge and selling broker of a
real estate office.  He turned 75 this past Tuesday.  We talk "at" what we
will do and admit the choice is exceedingly difficult.  We live in a town
where we grew up, where we will be buried, where each of us has been active
in the community, especially our church, and where we have a lifetime of
friends.  Our children are all North Carolinians - sons in Charlotte with
their families and Ginny and her family in Winston Salem.  She is rector of
a church there, and as we all know, she will not be there forever.  She has
no plans at this time to go anywhere, but when she is called in the future,
that could be anywhere.

So, we struggle with what to do and where to go.  But, first, John has to
retire, as we imagine our future from our recliners in front of the
television. 😇

Ginga

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 11:08 AM Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So glad that you all have made this change and are happy with it. It is in
> our future before long. We will likely go where my in laws lived where we
> already have a number of friends.
>
> Marilyn
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 9:56 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Like many of you who are still hanging out in this little cyber pub I'm
> > getting older and my wife in particular is less independent. We came to
> the
> > conclusion a while back that we needed both to downsize and to get into a
> > safer living situation. Accordingly, after looking at a lot of options in
> > our general area we settled on a 55+ community that we felt would be a
> good
> > fit for us. We engaged some professional help not only for the actual
> move
> > but also packing and removal of things we weren't bringing with us. The
> > process was still hellish as I'm sure you can all imagine. In any event
> the
> > following are true statements:
> >
> > We moved into our new apartment one week ago today.
> > We sold our former house yesterday after 30 years there.
> > We changed my driver's license and Lisa's ID non-driver today.
> > It's starting to feel like home here.
> > If any of you had (or just want) my snail mail address please message me
> > privately and I will gladly share it. I'm still in the Philadelphia metro
> > area just a little farther out from the city if any of you find
> yourselves
> > coming this way. I do cherish staying in touch with my friends, but I
> > haven't posted this on Facebook yet because it's just too darn public.
> > --
> >
> > Christopher Hart
> >
> > List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> > Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> > Twitter: @cervus51
> >
> --
> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>