I have been teaching for the last 21 years, now at 58, I am desperatly thinking of retirement.However, not because I do not like my job, but for fear that i will not be able to enjoy the retirement years of doing what i want, when i want it. Traveling, arts and crafts, tai chi, languages, so many places to go,people to meet, and wonderful things i do not even know...
Since June 2002,I have been fight the probeta/Guardianship circuit for the right to be my mother's legal Guardian (please read, Forced guardianship, Miami-Dade Florida), the things I have seen at the nursing homes where she has been forced to stay, and the things I know now the judges can do, under "their discretion" makes it a lawless land of the not so free. I want to move out of the United States, I am afraid that I may find in the same situation mother is in, and that I may not have someone to fight, like I am fighting for her. All I want is to provide her with some dignity, and love. Nobody should die alone, in a cold away from home institution, unless they do not have any choice. Yes, I too have looked into these wonderful retirement communities, but I now have it cleared, money does not save you from becoming a victim of the Guardianship system; instead, it makes you a target...