{"id":5824,"date":"2013-07-29T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2013-07-28T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T22:28:15","slug":"10-years-older-and-still-at-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/10-years-older-and-still-at-it\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Older and Still At It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Jolene-leaves-teaching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5825\" alt=\"Jolene Philo leaves teaching\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Jolene-leaves-teaching.jpg\" width=\"422\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Jolene-leaves-teaching.jpg 422w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Jolene-leaves-teaching-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Jolene-leaves-teaching-337x300.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple weekends ago, I turned 57. Not a<em> Big\u20130 birthday<\/em>, but big nonetheless. Because I&#8217;ve now been out of teaching for an entire decade.<\/p>\n<p>This<em> 1\u20130<\/em> anniversary is a good reason to think about what&#8217;s happened since my wonderful co-workers gave me a send off that included the granting of a childhood wish to be a flower girl by making a &#8220;Mrs. Philo Phlowergirl Phorever&#8221; sash for me. (Which, by the way, is still in my closet.)\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a smattering of where the decade went:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We said good-bye to both Hiram&#8217;s parents.<\/li>\n<li>We hosted a foreign exchange student from Japan.<\/li>\n<li>My daughter and I went to Europe.<\/li>\n<li>My daughter graduated from high school and then college.<\/li>\n<li>Hiram and I adapted to the empty nest smoothly.<\/li>\n<li>Mom moved from her home to my brother&#8217;s house.<\/li>\n<li>Mom&#8217;s house sold 4 hours after it was listed on the market.<\/li>\n<li>Both our kids got married&#8230;within 3 months of each other.<\/li>\n<li>We helped them move from here to there to there to&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>Our first grandchild lit up our world.<\/li>\n<li>Hiram and I celebrated 10 more anniversaries, with the count now standing at 36.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve vacationed together in Alaska, Idaho, Savannah, Wisconsin, and probably other places that slip my mind because I&#8217;m 10 years older than I used to be.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve traveled to speaking gigs all over Iowa and in DC, San Diego, Long Beach, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, Texas and other places that slip my mind because of jet lag.<\/li>\n<li>Only my mother, 2 of her sisters, and 1 brother-in-law are left of her 7 siblings and spouses who filled my childhood with security and a sense of belonging.<\/li>\n<li>I worked for our church part time 4 years.<\/li>\n<li>God allowed our congregation built a new church, and He provided everything needed to furnish it.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve published scads of magazine articles and 2 books with contracts for 2 more.<\/li>\n<li>Those books have led to friendships with the most amazing people in special needs ministry around the country.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve gained enough tech savvy to be dangerous, but not enough to be proficient.<\/li>\n<li>My retirement pension started sending checks 2 years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list could go on and on, but you get the picture. God blessed my step of faith out of education and into writing and speaking. He&#8217;s been with us through every joy, every sorrow, every good-bye, and every challenge. Sometimes, He even provides opportunities so I can wear my Phlowergirl Phorever sash at speaking engagements.<\/p>\n<p>What more could I possibly want?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weekends ago, I turned 57. Not a Big\u20130 birthday, but big nonetheless. Because I&#8217;ve now been out of teaching for an entire decade. 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