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Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:51:30 GMT

Hello and welcome to the Introduce Yourself forum! Feel free to tell us a little bit about yourself below--your background, interests, hobbies, etc. And also check out our other forums for other interests and questions you may have and would like to share.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

lhsevret — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:21:46 GMT

Hello Everyone,

My name is Lana and I am happy to join this community to make friends with other people...

I love dogs and taking walks, going shopping and really whatever comes up.

I am a widow lost my husband 5 yrs ago today and just looking to communicate with friends.

Thank you for reading my intro...

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:02:58 GMT

@lhsevret Welcome to the community, Lana. Feel free to start any new topics and reply to posts as you look around, and let us know if you have any questions.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

the9barbarians — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:15:27 GMT

Hello to everyone.

I'm so happy I found this particular page on the AARP website. It'll be nice to see what others are doing and saying at this wiser, more experienced, and maybe more focused stage of our lives! Like everybody, I guess, I have my nagging regrets, the same old bad (stubborn) habits, a couple of dreams that went up in smoke, and a wealth of opinions. But I'm still at work on myself, still on a path of hope, and a day at a time praying I meet each person with grace and an open mind. Fortunately, I have my extended family members very nearby, my church, and some ability to turn out a fairly decent poem or drawing once in a while. Of course I also have my share of medical and financial, and sometimes personal, difficulties. Hearing what others have to say about their own situations will definitely help. And maybe what I might say will be of use to someone else.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:27:22 GMT

Welcome @the9barbarians! We look forward to reading your future posts as you explore the online community here.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

vw9130 — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:17:24 GMT

Hello online community! I would like to connect with people who love the road particularly the highway. My hobbies include photography, traveling/transportation, cooking/culinary; serving/hospitality and technology.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:04:56 GMT

@vw9130 Hello and welcome. You've come to the correct place to connect with others who share the same interests. Based on what you're telling us, you might want to check out these areas of the community:

Travel (https://community.aarp.org/t5/Travel/ct-p/Travel)
Computer Questions & Tips (https://community.aarp.org/t5/Computer-Questions-Tips/bd-p/bg519)
Photography (https://community.aarp.org/t5/Random-Thoughts-and/Photography/m-p/1927900)

Also feel free to start your own conversations. I know many others have expressed their interest in cooking too.

Again, welcome and let us know if we can be of further assistance.

Vicki
AARP Online Community Team

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

donnac297992 — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 20:04:57 GMT

My name is Donna I recently retired and have extra time to read the forums. My husband(still working)and I enjoy camping and walking.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:09:24 GMT

Hi @donnac297992, Welcome to the forums! Look around, feel free to start your own conversations, and let us know if you have any questions.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

Mojo123 — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:14:42 GMT

Thanks for your post. I'm interested in many of the same things and have written a memoir which covers many of the same issues along my own path as a seventy-five year old who has been a gypsy performing songwriter for almost fifty years. Peace and blessings,
Jesse McRae

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

RieG547168 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:41:29 GMT

I look forward to reading inspiring stories here..I'm still finding my place

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

dg16001093 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:57:33 GMT

Hello, just wondering if anyone out there has gotten a BAD/UNUSABLE gift card from the "Rewards For Good" Sweepstakes that AARP offers for members to purchase w/ their points they receive for doing alot of questionaires??????

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

RebaM146944 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:07:02 GMT

Hello,

I am a caregiver for my daughter, she is now 26 and has been severly Autistic all of her life. She was diagnosed at 3 years old and I have been her Mother, only Friend, Nurse, Teacher and Caregiver all of those years. At 20 she started having Seizures and then a year later started have Thyroid problems related to the medication she is on for the seizures. My life is full but I don't regret one moment of my time spent with her. Life was hard for many years and now in some ways it is easier because she is older and I am wiser with how I plan things. My sweet girl has taught me way more than I could ever teach her and I love her so much for it. Thanks for having me here and my heart goes out to all of the other caregivers, its hard but rewarding.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

DaniGoLightly — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 00:14:26 GMT

Hi All, Im Dani and new here. Looking forward to meeting new friends.

I'm a National bugler for an organization called Spirit of 45 and NYS Director for a group called Bugles Across America.

I travel the country sound TAPS at military funerals. One of the most important things in my life is to make sure that every veteran has a live bugler to give them the proper honors.

However that is not all I do.

I'm also an FX makeup artist and fabricator.

Looking forward to meeting you all.

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:21:44 GMT

Hi @DaniGoLightly,

Welcome to the community! What interesting work you do! And all three quite different things.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Vicki

Community Manager

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

Bea2846 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:22:23 GMT

It has always been difficult to me to write a response because I get lost where to write the answer, for instance, now if I want to say something to the group in Florida, do I go go especifically to that group? or they will catch-up?

Happy New Year to everybody anyway,

Bea

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

Bea2846 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:28:39 GMT

By the way, I am Bea, I live in Orlando, I am a Retired teacher reluctant to retired and trying to do something. Right now I am working in a special project from home and filling all the paper work to be a substitute teacher for Seminole County, from the thousands of papers that I have to fill, I am almost done, witing for the letters of recommendation from abroad, my last job was in London, and my health certificate from my doctor.

I am originally from Mexico. I don't have friends, or too many here in Florida and this does not make things easy for me. My only daughter lives here with her family, so, she keeps me busy helping here with her three kids, 9, 4, and 10 months 🙂

That's all folks, write me, I love to receive letters, LOL

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

Bea2846 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:29:35 GMT

Where are you Lana?

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

IrishGal3247 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:39:04 GMT

Hi, I'm new to this and see some people saying they want "pen pals" and others saying they would like to connect and make friends. I'm interested in corresponding through e-mail and hopefully making new friends. I'm a senior gal with adult kids, grandkids and great-grands and when I'm not visiting with them we're talking on the phone or texting as is the case with my personal friends. However, I have quite a bit of free time and would love to make new friends through e-mail, but don't know if I'm allowed to give my e-mail address on here or how to go about it. Any help would be welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks, Irish

Re: Welcome to the Online Community!

VickiM68 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:22:55 GMT

Hi @IrishGal3247,

You're not allowed to post your email for security reasons (removed on your other post), but people can send you a direct message here by clicking on your name, then clicking "Send this user a private message" on the right side under Contact Me. Let us know if you have any other questions.

Good luck, and welcome to the online community!

Vicki