Mom Retires!

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In a moment all of us will remember for the rest of our lives, today is the day Mom retires from the labour force. She will now enter the curling force, or any other force she feels like joining because she doesn’t have to think about work anymore.

I called Mom earlier this morning and she sounded ecstatic! I cannot fathom how my last day at work would feel, to be honest. I have seen people retire before and they seem to have a love-hate relationship in that they will love retirement, but will miss the people.

Either way, I am happy to say that Mom provided some excellent service to Canadian Tire over the past fifteen years. It is like a blink of the eye remembering when Mom and Mrs. Labrie were in some secretarial (or is that administrative assistant?) course when I started high school and I would get a ride with them to school. Then Mom had a work placement at Canadian Tire and before you know it, Dad started getting great deals at Canadian Tire. Ha ha, I jest Mom. I also remember just walking in behind the counter and walking up to her office once in awhile to get a ride home. I remember it not being the brightest office in the world. You would think they could install some better lighting in that place! I wonder what her new office looks like actually…I have never seen it, and I probably never will.

Congrats Mom on retiring today! I hope you enjoy it and if you feel bored at any time, you can write your memoirs and post them here. You are also welcome to visit at any time and make some chocolate chip cookies.

As for the photo I have chosen…I was trying to find one that was from 15 years ago but I couldn’t find one so I picked this one because I have no idea what she was doing, but it seems funny.