By Dr. Nirmala Nancy Hanke | Photos by Joni Strickfaden

"Your life is a grand adventure. Take risks. Explore the unknown.

Journey forth into the great wide open without preplanned outcomes."

– from The Original Angel Cards Book by Kathy Tyler and Joy Drake

This quote certainly applies to the phase of life we call retirement. One of my friends, who retired three years ago, checked in with me recently to see how retirement is going