ugh what a day (completely unrelated to my situation rant). I get an email from my father around 2:30 saying "I just wanted to let you know that I am no officially retired from XXX". My heart sunk instantly. He has been there 43 years and is 63 years old. His father worked there for over 40 years. Finances are one thing, but I had trouble imagining the emotional toll this must have taken on him. I went to their place after work. The entire time thinking about how I would handle it. Luckily, DB'ing worked here. My initial thought is to fix, fix, fix but instead I validated, validated, validated. Just listened with no pressing. Just terrible. What a broken man. I hope my visit helped a bit. I hope he recovers from this. I think the way they treated him is what hurt the must. They walked him out and it really affected him. Of course I don't know all the details but sad the way the world works sometimes.
Being selfish for a moment, It is very stressful for me and I don't normally get stressed out! I worry about my parents. They do not have a good marriage, terrible health and now this lay off. Add to that the crazy felon down the street and my own situation with WW.... jesus.
