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It’s Finally My Turn: How an Empty-Nest Hobby Opened a Whole New Chapter
What happens when the hobby you pick up as an empty nester unexpectedly becomes the foundation for an entirely new chapter of your life?
When Janis Daly’s youngest son was preparing to graduate from college, she started wondering what she would do with the time that had once been filled with parenting, work, and weekends traveling to her sons’ sporting events. A longtime history lover, Janis decided to finally explore a branch of her family tree she knew little about.
That curiosity led her to an ancestor, William Shannon Peirce, a Philadelphia lawyer, judge, abolitionist, and founder of the…
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