02/08/2026
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Ten years ago, Glenn Ruffenach and his wife, Karen, walked away from full-time work. Just four years later, Karen was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Within a year, he became a full-time caregiver. And the retirement they had spent so much time planning and working toward ground to a halt.
Ruffenach had spent three decades as a reporter and editor for WSJ—and had spent his final years writing columns and editing articles about retirement and retirement planning.
So, when he left the Journal and Karen retired from teaching, they were about as confident as any new retirees could be. They had their blueprint. They had their nest egg. They had their health. All that was left was to toast their good fortune and enjoy the ride.
Today, that ride is challenging, at best.
“I can’t help but wonder about what might have been,” writes Ruffenach. “The classes and lectures we had hoped to attend, the volunteer work we had planned to pursue, the trips we had wanted to take.”
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