January 2019

Joy in Retirement is Spending Time with My Granddaughter

One joy I have found in retirement is spending time with my granddaughter. Every moment with her is a joy. Currently, I pick her from school afternoons a week. But I did this when I was working, to even though it is a joy to spend time with her, it is not a benefit of being retired.

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Attending the Union County ELC Event with Congressman Malinowski

On Friday, January 19, 2019, I attended the Union County Employer Legislative Committee (ELC) event to meet Congressman Tom Malinowski. The ELC Meting would have been one of many events that I would attend in my old life.

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A New Day, A New Year a New Journey

January 2, 2019, and for the first time in my adult life, I have neither work nor school to do today. Retirement is such a strange word. As a friend said to me, he did not retire; he retired the car. The first time I heard it, I laughed. Today I am unsure if new tires are needed. My life’s work has been to repair the world – Tikun Olam

I did not know that word as a child and even as a young adult. When I married the love of my life in 1975, she helped me find a spiritual home in Judaism. Finding a spiritual home has helped me gain focus on my life and meaning to my work. 

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The Jan Lilien Education Fund!