This short novel shares all the personal highs and lows of one B.C. teacher and her husband upon entering into retirement. It is a humorous look at elderly parent care, selling the family home, dealing with disgruntled siblings and estates, and suddenly finding yourselves alone together. It examines all the scary pitfalls of having too much time on your hands after working full-time since forever. Hopefully, everyone will see a little of themselves in this story, as we all must face the universality of life’s inevitable phases. Will you laugh at yourself and make the most of it? Or will you just shrivel up into the fetal position and cry? That is the dilemma we must all face as we approach age sixty.