We wrapped up this blog a while ago, but I thought it would
be a good place to share some news with you all. After nearly 20 years in law, I’ve decided to
give retirement a test drive and will be heading back to St. John’s,
Newfoundland on August 26th for good. It will be strange to be home after living away
for more than 24 years, but I’m looking forward to spending time
with family and friends, and to experiencing the joy of a perfectly ordinary
life for a while.
On the eve of my retirement, I find myself being so very
grateful for all of the amazing opportunities I’ve experienced, and for all of
the amazing people I have met along the way.
I have been incredibly lucky. From St. John’s, to Halifax, to Calgary,
to Paris, and finally to Port Moresby, my career has followed a strange and
unexpected trajectory, but I have loved nearly every single minute. Becoming a lawyer was the second best
decision I've made in my life (marrying Dennis was the best of course), and I
remain astounded that after all these years, I still love practicing law. What a gift it has been.
We haven’t figured out what comes next, but I am looking
forward to spending the next 6-12 months deciding if permanent retirement is
the way to go. I expect there to be a
couple of dogs in my future, and we are pretty confident that there won’t be
any travel for quite some time. After
seeing an incredible amount of the world over the past 10 years, we are more
than ready to become homebodies.
Thanks so much to all of you who have supported us along the
way. We have been blessed with
incredible friends, family, colleagues and mentors. Even though it has been hard at times and
some days I really wondered what on earth I had gotten us into, I would not
change a single thing.
Here’s to love and laughter and fun times ahead! For the “come from aways” in our life, the
door is always open in St. John’s.
Thanks all!
Lori
