This Week's Story

Yes! Possible solutions! part six!

Discover fascinating people and ideas in American history and the Bible through short stories on This Week's Story mp3 audio and text for reading.

Retirement has exciting opportunities for Benjamin Franklin.

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“Barbara, you wrote that Ben Franklin retired at age forty-two. Retire does not sound like a word you would use often.”

“I wouldn’t. Certainly, Ben Franklin did not.

“I realize retiring can be a help for bad health and unfair jobs. It should not be an automatic expectation for a retiree to stop working at a job the person has had for thirty to forty years.

“Expectations can become…
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