In life we have to make a lot of decisions. Most of them will affect our entire lives; making the decision to retire was very difficult for me. Harder than deciding to get married and lose my virginity.
I have a wonderful job. "We must love what we do or we will end up working as beggars." I love what I'm doing, but it is very hard to deal with people. My primary motivation to retire is my desire to be with my grandchildren. I will also travel and continue writing; I am looking forward to enjoying some peace of mind. Throughout my years of working I've learned a lot. I realize I will be in Heaven after being in Purgatory (the library), Hell (the court) and in Limbo - at one time I felt as though I was going to the Roman Circus and I never knew which lion was going to jump on me. In another time, in another place, I heard the female wolves still howling.
Because I spent so many years as a housewife, I found it difficult in the beginning to comprehend some people's rudeness; I met a lot of people, some very nice, some polite, some ignorant, some just human but some downright cruel. I thank to Hashem (G-D) for giving me the opportunity to meet some wonderful people. I remember one day a lady came in, very upset because she was mistreated at Motor Vehicles. She told me she was in the Navy, and I told her that my daughter is a Marine - she looked at me with a beautiful smile and said, "Tell your daughter, thank you."
At that moment I felt a wonderful mix of emotions. I was proud, happy and sad because many of my daughter's friends have died in a war that still makes no sense - because with or without Saddam Hussein, America will still have oil. At that moment I thought about my dear Rose DeCosmis, she must have felt the same way about her son, Lt. Richard DeCosmis, when he saved that man from drowning in the Hudson River - knowing that he feared deep water.
Well I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who in some way touched my heart, for the good times and bad times (we learn from it). My special thanks for the Weehawken Town Manager James Marchetti, Jr.; my dear Donna Jandick for the 28 years of understanding and friendship; she has a special place in my big heart, today and always; Jessica Palladino who helps me with my poems translation; the Police Department to make me feel so safe, special Sgt. Renee Roa Junior, some day a Weehawken Captain.
To the future retirees, they will have to go through a lot of steps to complete their retirement paper work, and please take special care to make sure to get supplemental health insurance Let's enjoy the rest of our lives.
Truly yours,
Diana I. Uscocovitch
P.S. No tears please, save them for a special occasion. Shalom.
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