Mentoring Woman: What Does Retirement Really Mean?

As some of you know, I "Retired" in November. Since then I have been asking myself the question, what is retirement? When I think of retiring something, I think of Precious Moment's figurines. When the company retires a figure they are actually saying that they will never make that particular figure again. I believe I remember my mother saying something similar, "They broke the mold when they made you Becky!" The plus side to that statement is... it only makes that figurine more valuable, so there you go.

This retired philosophy got my wheels to spinning so I was asking my husband the other night about retreading tires. Funny question for a wife to be asking her husband, don't you think? What has retreading tires have to do with retirement? It seems they retread tires by grinding the tire down to the core and then building it back up so they can get some extra miles out of the tire. This makes the tire cheaper to buy and also can be why we see those big chunks of tires on the highway! Didn't know this blog was going to be so scientific did you?

I'm sure you are getting the drift of where I am going with this. I'm not looking at the next (hopefully) several years of my life as being placed on a shelf for retirement, but as RE-tiring (retreading) for more action. And hopefully, it won't take too much grinding away to get me there! It will be fun to see where life leads and what adventures lie ahead. All I can say to you younger women..."Hold on to your hats, the best is yet to come!"

Proverbs 16:9 says, "In his heart a man (or woman) plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." A life verse worthy to be remembered!

Here is a recipe that I will never be retiring. It is one of my husband's favorites:

MOM'S MEATLOAF

1-1 1/2 lbs of ground beef

2 eggs

1/2 c. bread crumbs

2 T. chopped onion (frozen, dried, or fresh)

1 T. green pepper (if desired)

GLAZE:

1/2 c. ketchup

3 T. brown sugar

1 T. yellow mustard

MOM'S MEATLOAF