Growing up, my family spent most weekends at Fort Henderson Farm outside of Boerne, Texas mowing the lawn, swimming, making happy hour chalupas and post-supper strolling and I hope to continue this legacy of family gathering as we enter our golden years experience.

Fort Henderson has been a spot for family merrymaking ever since my great grandfather Albert and his brother Ollie bought country property adjacent to each other. After he passed away, my grandmother Bobbie continued the tradition of weekend retreat routines with her family and later ours. When my mom died, my uncle and cousin kept the farm mojo going and one of my beautiful cousins and her family live there today.

I’d like to make sure our life planning spreadsheet includes columns for upkeep of family hospitality venues, travel and leisure. I’d like to make a real effort to gather our people routinely in the same spot as often as possible. Call it boring and a money pit, but at least for an active chunk of our lives I think it promotes family togetherness, peace and happiness. At least that was my experience.

And when our geri-ride starts looking a little rocky, those will be the first assets to be liquidated or passed along to save our nickels for other fun stuff like home healthcare, Activia and Uber rides to the grocery store. #GrandPlans