Traveling and Downsizing: With all the traveling we have been doing, that led to a discussion in 2017 of downsizing and how many dollars a smaller house would save a year to be spent on travels. Then a discussion of where to buy - near where we lived, near our daughter, or near our son. Eventually Mary suggested we just downsize to suitcases - she would retire and we would sell the house (more money for travel) and not buy or rent another - basically traveling full time.
We had a last holiday party at the house in early December, 2017. And then a last Christmas at the house with both our kids and their families.
December 2017 - Travels and People
Traveling: Paul retired in 2012, and with Mary being able to block out dates she will not take her consulting work, we traveled more. In fact for 2014 - 2017 we traveled 5-6 months per year.
People: In all of our travels all over the world we have met only wonderful, friendly people...Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindu, Christians, non-believers, Jain, Jews, Muslims...you name it. They all want exactly what we want...security and safety for their families. Food on the table and a roof over their heads. And a better future for their children. It doesn't matter the language spoken or the color of their skin or their religion or any other superficial trait...we are all, under the skin, the same.
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