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Good advice for traveling as you get older is that there is three phases:

Go-Go

Slow-Go

No-Go

In the "Go-Go" years you are healthy enough to handle the physical demands of traveling like walking five miles through the streets of London or Paris. In the "Slow-Go" years, you change your destination to Maui where your longest walk is from the hotel room to the beach. In the "No-Go" years, you admit to your body's limitations and vacation in your living room.

These same three phases apply to writing a letter to you grandchildren. When you are recently retired, you have the mental strength to write clearly and for extended periods of time. You can get a lot written.

Then as time passes, you will slow down. Aging is inevitable. Mental acuity is fleeting. You will move into the "Slow-Go" writing years.

Ultimately, you will reach the "No-Go" years of writing. Your memories will fade. You will forget the name of the movie you are currently watching and forget why you walked into the bedroom. Writing to your grandchildren will become fantasy based fiction. Not something you want to pass down.

Write Now.

Right now - while you can.