Help! My Husband Just Retired

by Gwen Rollings

Overview

After waiting almost forty years for her husband to stop his frantic-paced, globe-trotting career, a wife encounters the realities of retirement life that were never discussed at all the retirement seminars. Most women are clueless about what to expect when a husband walks in the door from work and says, "Honey, I'm home"…forever. We understand why financial preparation is necessary, but little is discussed about preparing a wife for the emotional and psychological reality of being "joined at the hip" with her husband every day. The author began her retirement journey unaware of all the detours, dead-ends, side trips, and wrong directions she would encounter and discovered that most of the other wives she met along the way were just as confused.

In this frank, honest, and humorous story, a seasoned retired wife takes a look back at what she thought was going to happen when her husband retired, what really happened, and what she would do differently if she had the opportunity for a do-over. Expectations, location, friendships, senior discounts, the Sandwich Generation, grandchildren, volunteering, downsizing, fitness, spiritual guidance, and adventure are a few topics every wife needs to consider before she has travelled too far down this new road. The author believes there should be Retired Wife Mentors provided by Medicare; but until that happens, Help! My Husband Just Retired should help a soon-to-be or novice retiree's wife over the initial hurdles of what might prove to be the best destination spot of her lifetime.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940033137831
Publisher:	Gwen Rollings
Publication date:	03/30/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Gwen Rollings was born Gwen Campagna to a mother raised in the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina and an Italian father from Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother married a serviceman in the mid 1940's, and Gwen also married a serviceman (Marine). Gwen met her brother's drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina when he was a young corporal in 1964. Their nomadic life has taken them and their four children, Gina, Buck, Lisa and Brittany, to live in over thirty different homes to include ones in Hawaii, Israel, Okinawa (Japan), Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, and most recently Florida.

Gwen graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from the University of South Carolina with a degree in communication. She then received her Master's Degree in Communication from George Mason University. After teaching at the college level for a number of years, she began a training and development company focusing on improving management and employee relations.

Writing has been Gwen's passion since she wrote and acted in her sixth grade play. She has loved every part of the creative writing process especially poetry. She wrote her first book of poetry, Seasons of a Woman, in 1998 after compiling her many poems and realizing the majority of her poetry focused on the many joys and challenges in a woman's life. Her poem, "Footsteps At The Door", was selected for inclusion in the Chicken Soup Series (Chicken Soup for the Military Wife's Soul).

After over three decades as a military wife, her husband, Major General Wayne Rollings, was finally leaving the Marine Corps. Gwen wanted to share her experiences as a military wife to give civilians a realistic look at the sacrifices and strength of the wives and families of the men who defend our country and encourage the young military wives just beginning their journey. Her book, We Band of Sisters, has inspired many young military wives to recognize how special and important their roles are as heroes on the home front.

Finally, retirement was another cycle in the life of a woman that Gwen wanted to chronicle. Help! My Husband Just Retired has been the biggest surprise of all in their married life. Once again, Gwen is the spokesperson for a generation of women whose husbands come home from work one day and stay there…forever. Her candid, humorous and spiritual approach to all her writing is meant to entertain, inform and inspire women of every age and offer a few good ...