April 23, 2021
Question: What is your strongest passion aside from your family and beliefs? Answer: I love flowers. I gardened here for 16 years when I first moved here in 2000. The first week I was here, I got a call asking if I could take care of a flower bed outside of my windows. I started out with one little bed, and I ended up with 40 beds by the time I retired from doing it. I loved every day of it, and I was out there every day but Sunday […]
April 13, 2021
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April 7, 2021
Question: What’s something that sticks out to you as meaningful that you’ve done over the years? Answer: “My husband and I did a lot of travelling together. Later, after our kids were grown up and moved out is when we started. My husband was a geographer and he was really into it, so that’s how we got started – but I loved it, too. It’s infectious. Once you go someplace, it’s easy to think in your mind, “I want to go to that place next!” We went with programs like […]
March 30, 2021
The physical health benefits of a senior living community are increasingly clear, but the MENTAL health advantages may be equally — OR EVEN MORE — important for seniors. Here’s a quick read which touches on that #seniorliving #seniorhealth #independentliving #retirementliving #retirementcommunity #assistedliving #memorycare #skillednursing #homehealth #fvathome CCRCs Can Be Good for Seniors’ Mental and Physical Health
March 29, 2021
Friendship Village is thrilled and honored to have received a Platinum List Award from the Ladue News for our Assisted Living Communities! Click this story LINK to see!
March 23, 2021
Question: What’s something that makes you feel strong and confident? Answer: I have been a swimmer all my life and going to the pool here five days a week to water walk has been a blessing because I have had some problems with balance and the water walking has certainly helped. And I walk around campus, too. Depending on the weather, I also walk outside a lot. I try very hard to stay fit and I participate in the balance class and the circuit class and I’m going to try […]
March 8, 2021
Question: Why is faith and spirituality important to you? Answer: “I was always active in church. I sang in the choir up until this past year, and I’ve been involved in bible study groups and all sorts of activities. I had a mother that died when I was nine, and she was a very spiritual person. She taught Sunday school right there in our house growing up. I don’t even remember much about it, but it was part of who she was, and she passed it on to me. When […]
March 5, 2021
It’s been two weeks since we’ve had our second round of vaccines administered to the at the Sunset Hills/Chesterfield campuses and the vaccination rate at both campuses is over 98%…so we’re now able to RETURN TO HAVING MEALS IN OUR DINING ROOMS! We’re so excited and grateful for being able to make this step back toward normalcy! And as things continue to improve on the front to fight COVID, we look forward to being able to open the campuses to visitors (HOPEFULLY) in the near future! Thursday was a great […]
March 2, 2021
Question: What is some advice you would give to younger people? Answer: Save your money! I’m from a family of blue-collar Italians from The Hill and it was all about saving money and education. When I got married, we didn’t have any money and I’m very organized, so I made a spreadsheet and everything to keep track of all our utilities and we did live by that. And Wendell wasn’t as much for that as I was, but I could keep him on track. And if he balked, I just […]