This writing prompt question of the day sparked some thoughts that I hadn’t entertained in a while. When the word retire was first introduced to me, it seemed like something so far away and unattainable that I didn’t really give it much thought. As I started out in the workforce, I would hear people talk about their big plans after retirement and I began to wonder what will I do when the time comes. I remember saying I was going to retire in the Texas Hill Country. I hadn’t really had the opportunity to see much of the Hill Country. If anything, I had just passed through it or just visited a couple of places, but it apparently made a big enough impact for me to choose that area to settle down. After living in Colorado, I had a dream of buying a home there so that in the event I moved, I would have a vacation home.
I moved from Colorado back to Texas and my plans of buying a home in Colorado didn’t quite pan out. Even after being back in Texas, I honestly haven’t thought about my initial retirement plan of settling down in the Hill Country. Over the last five years since moving back home, I have been a caregiver to my parents which has been my calling for this season in my life. Now with just my mom to care for, I continue to focus on her until this job is complete. I guess when the time comes, I can say I retired from this job and will move on to the next venture. It depends on the day, but at times I think rather than settling down in any one place, I would rather travel and use my passport which has been packed away because both of us have yet to see the world.
The World of Dlo 