by kelly | Nov 5, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Family, Nostalgia, Senior Living
By the time you read this column, I will officially be considered a senior citizen by Goodwill and a host of other local establishments with discounts for the 55-plus crowd. I’m still mulling over how I feel about achieving this status, even though I enjoy saving...
by kelly | Sep 10, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ
When I was a kid, I spent a week each summer at a Campfire camp in Boone, Iowa. Sunday was check-in day, and we’d run around taking swim tests, signing up for crafts, and making friends with the kids in our cabin, followed by supper in the big lodge and what seemed to...
by kelly | Apr 9, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
The other day I was giving a tour of our assisted living to a lady who is 100 years old. She brought her children along, who are visiting from out of town. She’s not quite ready to give up living on her own in her senior apartment but wanted to show her kids where she...
by kelly | Feb 12, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Family, Hospice & End Of Life, Veterans
I have heard those six words and the verse that follows them from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 at almost every wedding I’ve attended. It was read at our wedding, and I’d bet it was read at my parents’ wedding too. It’s a good verse to start married life thinking about,...
by kelly | Dec 18, 2021 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Friends, Prescott, AZ, Senior Living
“I have 50 Christmas mugs filled with hot chocolate and an inspirational verse tucked inside. A lady named Yvonne said you might be able to find a home for them.” I love getting these kinds of phone calls, especially since a coworker and I had just been brainstorming...
by kelly | Nov 6, 2021 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Family, Nostalgia, Veterans
The stories come in small pieces, coaxed out gently when I ask a new resident when and where they served in the military. “How did you pick the Air Force?” I ask, careful not to tread too quickly into uncomfortable territory. He says he knew he would be drafted into...
