College Life of a Retired Senior by Yvonne Blackwood
Seven years after she retired from a lengthy career in banking, Yvonne Blackwood surprised her friends and family by returning to school at age sixty-four to pursue an English degree.
Four powerful reasons fueled her purpose—to add texture to her writing, to ward off dementia, to enhance structure in her life; and to inspire her two young grandsons to continue their education after high school. But as she stepped onto Canada’s third-largest university campus, Blackwood had no idea of the hurdles she was about to face.
In a retelling of her journey into a new beginning, Blackwood details how, after enrolling in York University, she struggled to maintain her established lifestyle, attend class with hard-to-connect-with millennials, and face a series of challenges that included two strikes at the university, a campus lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a shocking health diagnosis in her final year of studies.
While leaning on the university’s motto—the way must be tried—, Blackwood tells an inspiring story of how she persevered and learned to rely on her faith as she bravely conquered her fears and vulnerabilities to achieve her goal eventually.
College Life of a Retired Senior is a true story of a former bank manager’s experience as she returned to college in the third act of life to earn a degree in English.
College Life of a Retired Senior by Yvonne Blackwood
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