The Mad Tea Party

Off to Wonderland

Tomorrow ends decades of work and the privilege of figuring out how to live the last year's of my life.

I hope never to feel, "I'm late, I'm late for a very important date." Long and lazy days, movies and popcorn in bed, time with the people I love.

I expect to feel as though I've eaten mushrooms and cake and the sense of falling down a dark hole.

On July 4, my son, daughter-in-law and grandson and I leave for Europe. I'll celebrate my birthday somewhere there on the official day of my retirement and the anniversary of my mother's passing. Endings and beginnings.