Chasing Summer

Summer Solstice Sunset   (Photo by Jessie Eastland) 

Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything under the sun.  There is a time to avoid its glare, and there is a time to bask within its healing warmth.

For those whose lives have been defined by tight schedules, retirement is a time for easing up.  As Michelle Obama poetically described it, retirement is a time for “chasing summer.”

She plans to gently shun the limelight while basking within the warmth of family.  Michelle looks forward to times when she and Barack can simply “be with each other.”  She is therefore engaged in training “the next generation of leaders” to carry on their work.

The former first lady shared that she and her husband “never want to experience winter again.”  This sentiment is as philosophical as it is physical.

Resources

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/11/michelle-obama-retirement