by kelly | Feb 10, 2024 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ, Veterans
If you are lucky enough to make it to the age of 103, it’s likely a lot of people will have special memories about you. When I heard the news that Alton “Al” Cheney had died, some of those moments popped into my head. If you ever met Al, you’d remember him. He’s that...
by kelly | Dec 16, 2023 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Nostalgia
When I was a kid, there was nothing I loved more on a hot, sticky Midwest summer day than lying on the living room couch in the air conditioning, reading a book, changing position only when my elbows and back got too stiff from propping me up or my arms fell asleep...
by kelly | Jun 17, 2023 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ
One of the first doctors I met when we moved to Prescott was Dr. John Oakley. By the time I met him in early 2013 at a local non-profit for end-of-life education, he’d been retired for a number of years. I didn’t notice the building I was sitting in was named the...
by kelly | Jan 14, 2023 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier
The other day I got to ask a dozen seniors questions about their lives. I learned one woman had been a true “Rosie the Riveter” in her earlier days. Another man held a summer job at a dude ranch that ended up closing down and came back home having traded his...
by kelly | Dec 17, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Family, Friends, Nostalgia
My purse is stuffed with Christmas lists from the residents at our assisted living. I am happy to report that folks in their later years still think candy and chocolate are good gift choices. The lists are short and mostly practical—slippers, scarves, hand lotion,...
by kelly | Nov 19, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ, Veterans
It’s a helpless feeling when your car won’t start. It’s even worse when you’re waiting to roll through Prescott as Float No. 50 in the Veterans’ Day Parade, and there’s a Vietnam veteran sitting in the front seat next to you looking forward to being a part of it. “I...
