What fun it was to see three former colleagues on the outdoor patio at a local restaurant on Grand Avenue in St. Paul! Jill, a former college counsellor, Judy, the dean of students, and Mary, another college counsellor at the school were part of the faculty where we used to teach. Jill and Judy are retired as I am, but Mary is still toiling away in the educational field. When people ask me if I am happy to be retired, my answer is a resounding "yes," yet when I declare that I miss the students and my colleagues, these three are part of what I miss.
I can imagine the feeling, but to be ritered is also nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's always the people that are missed.. they do look like lovely workmates Kate!
ReplyDeleteI know just how you feel! I really do enjoy working with a great team of people even if I only do it part time now.
ReplyDeleteWonderful meeting up with former collegues.
ReplyDeleteWonderful portrait!
ReplyDeleteMeeting old friends is always..
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They look like such a nice group of ladies! Glad you ran into them!
ReplyDeleteThree people who look very nice. I feel the way you do about being retired. It is wonderful, but I still do miss the people I worked with. I am now far away from the last company I worked for, so I don't see many of those folks any more, but in the summer I do see some of the folks from the company where I spent the bulk of my career.
ReplyDeleteNice group of ladies..but I will bet that they were thinking....that lucky Kate ..she is retired.
ReplyDeletea beautifull group
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't trade being retired but there are a lot of old colleagues I miss and they're all back in California (one is coming to visit soon - hurrah!). This looks like a wonderful group of coworkers.
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