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March 6, 2020
Question: Some people like to be scared by things like rollercoasters, do you? Answer: “Oh, I love rollercoasters. I’ve always gone on the rollercoasters. One time my husband and I were in Virginia at Busch Gardens and think they had five different rollercoasters and we started on the smallest one to build up to the biggest one. And by the time we got to the biggest one, there was an electrical storm and we couldn’t take it and I’ve never forgiven that storm! I like rollercoasters because they’re exciting. I […]
March 5, 2020
Question: What’s something you’ve enjoyed throughout your life and why? Answer: “I read a lot…I read too much. All I do is read! I started reading as soon as I learned how. My father read to me when I was a child and I’ve enjoyed it ever since. I was raised very isolated in the country with no friends, so for me, it was an outlet to learn about the world. I grew up in the 40’s and 50’s and the countryside was isolating. My parents didn’t have any money […]
March 4, 2020
Question: When you were in high school, what was your favorite thing to do? Answer: “In high school, me and three of my friends built a boat. A flat-bottomed boat and we took it out on a The Big River, which is a tributary of the Meramec River and went out there for four years in the summer. It started out the first year, it was marine plywood and wooden sides and it was eight feet long. The next year, we lengthened it to sixteen feet long. We had a […]
March 3, 2020
Question: What has been a primary interest of yours? Answer: “Any kind of music. I like to listen to it and perform it. On Monday mornings at the coffee hour I’ll sing about three songs solo every couple of weeks. I love to sing and have the stereo on a lot. So long as I’m able, I’ll sing. I almost majored in music and sometimes I wish I would’ve. It started when I was just a baby. My mother and my father sang all the time. They sang duets a […]
March 2, 2020
Question: What is one of your favorite things to do? Answer: Well, we play pool here (at Friendship Village) three days a week. Some people think “swimming pool” when you say “pool,” but we play billiards. When we were young, we all played pool in our rathskellers (basements), but now it’s kind of more serious. We have a tournament coming up. It’s going to be interesting and fun. We’ve been playing at Friendship Village for about two years. It depends on the day or the moment how much I’m improving. […]
March 2, 2020
5 Questions Every Prospective CCRC Resident Should Ask
March 1, 2020
Question: Why did you get involved with education? Answer: “Like my wife, I read a lot, and I read a lot of history and nonfiction. When I realized the magnitude of the second world war at a young age, I knew I’d eventually be drafted so I wanted to be a little bit more informed as to where we could be going and what was going on. I went to a little one-room country school which was very tiny. I remember one of the first things I learned was when […]
February 29, 2020
Question: What memory immediately makes you happy? Answer: “When I think about my travels. Wonderful. When Jimmy (Diane’s late husband) and I went to China on our 50th wedding anniversary, that was really special. We went on a river cruise. Another good one was when we went to Russia. We went from St. Petersburg to Moscow. We also traveled all over Canada in an RV. We also went to New Zealand for a trip and Australia for another. When Jim was working, he was always busy, so when he retired, […]
February 27, 2020
Question: What is your favorite thing? Answer: “My favorite thing is when someone makes me a good meal. My favorite meal would be a filet mignon with mashed potatoes with a some kind of vegetable. And I would like a slice of my mother’s pumpkin pie. That would be good.” – Joyce Crets, resident Friendship Village Sunset Hills #WeAreFriendshipVillage #seniorliving #retirementcommunity #FVatHome #assistedliving #MemoryCare The above photo and text are part of a year-long project we call We Are Friendship Village. We are posting these photos and brief interviews to […]
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