Never had a beard before!
Last fall my father and stepmother decided that as part of their retired life they wanted to relocate...to Hawaii! Now this was not some decision made in haste. He had already been retired for almost two years and had spent the middle of January until the beginning of April in Hawaii for those previous two years. They had fallen in love with the islands and announced to my siblings and I after returning from their second trip that they were selling their house (and most of their belongings) and moving to Hawaii! By August of 2007, their house was sold (it was actually only on the market for 48 hours before they had a contract), many of their belongings were sold, shipped, donated, or in storage. In a five month period, they had gone from grounded and rooted in a beautiful Atlanta suburb with all the trappings of sixty plus years of life to unencumbered and active retirees! They have never been the big adventure type; they were more the vanilla ice cream type, neopolitan if they were feeling adventurous! This was a big decision and I helped them with the preparation as much as I could. A couple of months before the big move, all that was left to do was to ship their cars to Hawaii. After a bit of research on how to accomplish hassle-free long distance moving, they had devised a plan. Their plan included their cars being shipped from Atlanta to San Diego. From San Diego it would be loaded aboard a transport ship and sent directly to the island. Once this last detail in the logistics of their plan was worked out, all they had to worry about was getting to the airport here in Atlanta. That is where I, the loving son, came in. I was happy to see them off on this great adventure. I think my dad was nervous, kind of like his first day at school all over again! I know that they are enjoying their adventure as I speak to them regularly. Hopefully, I will be able to visit them in Hawaii in the near future and see just what drew my usually steady father to this new adventure!
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Rich, I think this is awesome; they followed their dream and the lifestyle looks like it agrees with them. We should all be so adventurous, life is short. I love your title!