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My husband is retiring in a few weeks. We sold our home and purchased a truck and fifth wheel. We plan to take a few months to visit family and friends and volunteer at Eagles’ Cove Ministry Centre near Thunder Bay, Ontario. I am looking forward to seeing people we have known over the years, and this time we don’t have to rush back to work.

I am sorting and packing. Yesterday I looked back through decades of journals and read an English essay I wrote when I was 16. The essay’s title was “Know Thyself.” I wrote about how I didn’t like myself because I was too fat (Oh, I wish I could be that sle...