Retiring

Brain cancer is...

...retiring at 56.

Last month, Darrell notified his Dean that he would be retiring this summer.  When he pushed "send" on the email, he looked at me and said, "It's over." 

Darrell's vita--his record of professional achievements and contributions--is a dozen pages long.  Somehow, we people who keep vitae always think we'll add a couple more pages of contributions to our professions before hanging it all up.  Darrell's simple statement, "It's over" carried huge import for us.  That was an ending. 

But today we see a beginning.  Today Darrell applied for retirement, effective in August.  Now the real fun begins. 

Bonus Content:  Team D is on the move.

The Rudneys and Relations

Team D members, the Minnesota-based Rudney clan, sent good thoughts all the way from Chicago.  Gwen and Steve (left side of table) have been our friends for decades.  Gwen and I taught at the same middle school, got our PhDs together, ate dill pickle relish together during pregnancies, and presented our first professional paper together...in Chicago.  I learned how to be a successful, loving, working mother with Gwen.  

It's great to see Gwen and Steve's three grown children happily married and enjoying various pursuits (like producing tiny, cute new Team D members).