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 Day 3 of Posts From the Past   My idea to repost past blog posts of mine to remind myself (and others) of my ability to do so and to compare/contrast my thoughts, then and now continues. I am finding that not only does this improve memory and recall, but also fills my mind with other things that I need to be writing about.  With thanks to my children and grandchildren for making me a mother, and to my own Mother, not with us here on earth since 2018, but forever in my thoughts. 💖                                                                                    -   March 22, 2020 I knew weeks ago that I ought to be keeping a daily diary on here or elsewhere of events, appointments, thoughts, feelings and opinions.  I knew way back in August when I purpo...

 On reaching sixty five years old ...  Until around 2010 I'd imagined my 65th birthday to be more of a milestone than it's turned out to be, though the words 'pension' and 'retirement' age are so ingrained in my past that it is inevitable that they are still on my mind now that the day has come, and gone.  (25th July for anyone interested; I was too busy celebrating with my family from 23rd onwards - and managing to stretch the 'birthday period'  to at least the second week in August - to write a blog post, on the day).  Over the last few years, there have been a number of significant changes to the State Pension entitlement for women.     Between 2010 and 2018 the age  changed from 60 to 65 for women  and  is now increasing in stages, alongside men, until it reaches 68. At the moment, it is forecast that I will receive mine at age 66 next year, but I have no expectations whatsoever that this will actually happen. I feel that it's m...