Thank you for visiting Living Life Retired (LLR). This site provides information and inspiration to retirees, specifically solo retirees. It offers a variety of topics from knowledgeable sources with some fun and inspiration thrown in.
Sherry Christensen, is the founder/author/administrator of LLR. At the age of 55, she retired from teaching entrepreneurship, personal finance, marketing, and computer applications classes in a northern Colorado public high school. Now, she works part-time as a substitute teacher and volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children. Since retiring, she has been the HOA president in her former Loveland neighborhood and was a member of the Thompson School District’s master planning committee for three years. 
Sherry is the proud mother of one married daughter. Her three grandbabies call her “Nanni.” She divorced in 2004 after a 21-year marriage.
Sherry earned an associates of science degree from Amarillo College, a bachelors of business administration degree from the University of North Texas, and a master of arts degree in educational leadership from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a licensed teacher, holds a K-12 principal license and a Career and Technical Education (CTE) teaching credential.
Sherry Christensen (Oellrich) grew up on a farm in Toddville, Iowa, the middle of seven children; six of them girls. She lived in Texas and New Mexico before making Loveland, Colorado her home for 25 years.
After seeking and finding little information on the internet about being solo in retirement, Sherry found herself back in the classroom taking a beginning WordPress class. Subsequently she built the LLR website and launched it on August 22, 2016, her 57th birthday. In February 2019, follower John G. called LLR, “a very useful blog.”
Sherry welcomes your comments and suggestions in the hopes of building an internet community of informed and inspired solo retirees. You can connect with her at LivingLifeRetired16@gmail.com.
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Some of Sherry’s former students produced the following retirement video: