Retirement Stories: Childhood Tornado Inspires Sharing the Stories of Others

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On this episode, we sit down with Scott Thoma. Scott grew up in southwest Minnesota and lived through the historic Tracy tornado on June 13th, 1968 – one of only two recorded EF5 tornadoes ever in the state. Scott not only has an incredible childhood story, now at the age of 62 he is a feature writer for a senior publication sharing the stories of other retirees. In this podcast, Scott recounts how the events following the Tracy tornado have inspired him to share the stories of other inspiring retirees today. Scott also explains how his entire mindset on life and retirement has recently changed because of the stories of others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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