My mom got her teaching degree from Western Michigan University, specializing in Spanish. She was a teacher up until I was born, then she quit and stayed home with me until my father passed away in 1985. Then, my Mom worked as a clerk at Community Mental Health Youth Services for 19 1/2 years. There were a few years where she worked many hours of overtime, sometimes until 9 p.m. She found out after retirement that Social Security bases your monthly checks on the top 5 consecutive years of work, so this overtime helped her out.
She got to the point in life where she knew she was ready for retirement, so she decided she needed a new chapter in life. Her co-workers gave her a nice retirement party with food, cake, and beverages. They made her a scrapbook of her time at CMH. They gave her many gift cards, a horn for her new bike, and a funny Michigan bike plate that said "Hottie".
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