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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What, besides grandchildren, were in your plans?

A large  family, with  grandchildren, were in our plans. My friends and cousins spend 2 or more days a week helping out with grandchild logistics,  events, etc. Holidays and birthdays with all, trips, etc. In fact, this is everyone. The grandchildren are growing  up among their cousins,  aunts, uncles, in a large family group, with close relationships.

[/quote]No other plans?  Are you interested in learning a craft or art? If knitting isn’t your style, you can learn to weave, or spin and dye wool.  You can take up pottery. you can learn how to blow glass.  You can learn how to make stained glass windows.  Or garden. Growing veggies not your thing? Create a pollinator garden or herb garden.  Volunteer at a local elementary school and do one on one reading.  Find a faith community and become involved there. If you like walking and hiking, join the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and help keep up the lean to sans trails. Learn how to arrange flowers.  Learn how to make pastry from scratch. take a sushi class.  Take a woodworking class and learn to build small pieces of furniture.  Volunteer at a food pantry or soup kitchen.  Learn to sew.  Learn how to change the oil in your car.  Travel.  Planning, anticipating, going and remembering.  Learn a foreign language and participate ina weekly conversation group. Exercise two hours a day.  Bake from scratch.  Learn how to make really really good homemade pasta or hummus or roasted veggies.  Join a card and games group. Learn how to play bridge. Join an advocacy group and advocate for a cause you feel deeply about.  Plan a girls weekend with friends-a few times a year.  Most people don’t want to do the planning, but want to participate. Adopt a family the area that does not have grandparents - or become a big sister.  Start a book club for the books that you like.  Buy tickets to the Nationals, or a series from the Folger theatre, the  Kennedy Center or Signature theater....

If you don’t want to become an expert. do a little of everything-one or two at a time. [/quote]

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