April Coker, Author

Tag: retirement

  • More about getting there…

    Yeah, the flight was grueling. I had really hoped I would sleep. Trisha had even brought some valerian root pills because I had told her I’d read they would help us sleep. She may have slept more than I did–I’m not sure because she sat behind me. That in itself was weird, because when we…

  • Medicare and Me?

    I’ve always considered Medicare something that I would need much later in life. Medicare has always been for old people. Grandma talked about it. After she was gone, eventually my parents talked about it–which Supplement or Advantage Plan to buy, whether Medicare would cover certain medications or procedures, or even if Medicare would still be…

  • TEACHER Tuesday: Reminiscing

    I guess the bane of retirement would be the constant reminiscing–you know, always bringing up stories about your former life as a steelworker, mechanic, teacher, coach, doctor, etc.  And I suppose I should clarify. The bane is not for the storyteller but for the person trapped by him or her!   I have come to…

  • Teacher Tuesday: Classroom Prep

    It’s August and “back to school” season in stores and on school campuses.  School buildings have sat almost dormant all summer–except for summer school–allowing custodians to do heavy cleaning, maintenance to rebuild and repair, and administrators to catch up and plan for the coming year.  Summers are all too short for educators for whom the…

  • "How are you enjoying retirement?"

    This is a question I have been asked several times since May, when I retired from 30 years of teaching public school.  I actually  left a couple of weeks early due to a surgery I had scheduled before school was out so I could use up the remainder of my state leave days.  No, I…