A final note on friendship –
celebrate your friendships and relationships regularly. I have at least one GalPal BBQ every summer
and since my retirement I have had coffee, brunch and lunch dates
frequently. As I have written many times
before with respect to keeping in touch once you have retired, always put the
onus on yourself even if you feel hard done by that you are always the one
making the call. It is so important to
have social contacts, for pleasure, not for “networking”.
I have been so very fortunate to
find that since my diagnosis my friends have put the shoe on the other foot and
frequently they are the ones calling me.
How nice is that? When you experience
the pleasure of those phone calls or emails, remember to pay them forward to
someone else in your life that you value.
So what is next . . . I am
thinking about a Garden Party. I can see
Downton Abbey, sunbonnets and sun shades written all over this one.
My cup runneth over, may yours’
also.
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