I’ve been retired for over four years now and it’s absolutely true that time flies when you’re having fun! Now that I’m retired, it’s fun not to have to turn on the alarm clock unless absolutely necessary … like when my husband and I are off traveling and must catch a plane in the wee hours of the morning.

Before retiring from a full time J.O.B. as a computer trainer, I was also teaching part-time. That generally meant not enough sleep. I wondered if I was shortening my life span, but I knew at that time that I wanted to definitely see my boys get married and perhaps become a grandmother as well. Since then, both of my boys have married wonderful women and one has blessed my husband and me with a beautiful granddaughter.

So retiring was definitely the right decision. It also gave me time to work on my passion — establishing a family foundation funded by a home-based business. My mother had wanted to go to college and become a third grade teacher. Her family could not afford to send her to college. My father was in law school when World War II broke out and he was sent to an internment camp. His education ended abruptly. After the war ended, he returned to Hawaii where he eventually became an entrepreneur opening his own insurance agency. Coincidentally, my older son is now a self-employed attorney and his wife is a third grade teacher.

My dream is to return to my mother’s high school alma mater and offer a scholarships to budding elementary school teachers. There are several scholarship options as to what the foundation will do in memory of my father. But all of the commission from my  home-based network marketing business is going towards the educational foundation.

I have been blogging at http://noranagatani.com for over a year now and have enjoyed it immensely. However, the one topic that is of greatest concern to me is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Unfortunately, my late father was diagnosed with the ravishing disease. Now that I’m a “senior”, I have a lot of questions and concerns and I want to use this blog to take the journey and share the answers with you.  It is an exciting journey full of anticipation.

Please feel free to e-mail me at nora@aboutalz.com or call me at 703.825.8384 at any time with questions, comments, or suggestions. I look forward to hearing from you.