Question: What has been a big part of your life in the past?
Answer: “Travel has been a big part of my life and we didn’t really figure out we liked to travel until my husband Bill’s time in the service out in California. When the time came for him to be relieved of the service we had to decide if we wanted to go home or travel for our vacation time. I love travel because you get to see how the rest of the world lives. I find it fascinating understanding people that migrate here. They leave their home, their native language, and go to another country where they must start all over again. It’s amazing to me how many people are willing to do that. Through our travel we were learning so many different things, and an appreciation for other people’s culture. I don’t think I would’ve ever wanted to actually move to another country, but everyone I encountered was very friendly and outgoing and it was like you were automatically a part of theirs. Of the trips I’ve been on, if I could only choose one place, I think I’d choose Italy. It’s a more relaxed feeling being there. When I went, we had a great tour guide that took us to plenty of interesting places. We travelled as a family too so that was neat. We could have a conversation about it. The different architecture was interesting. I was a Spanish teacher also, and Italian is a romance language, so I was interested in reading all the little signs to see if I could understand them. I think the similarities to Spanish is a big part of why I enjoyed it so much.” – Carolyn Heaton, resident Friendship Village Chesterfield
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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 our website’s blog section every day as we talk with residents at Friendship Village Chesterfield and Friendship Village Sunset Hills. The idea is to give a short introduction to the residents who make up our wonderful senior living communities and give you a peek at something you might not know about them!
After a year of gathering interviews and photos, we will publish A BOOK featuring all the great residents who participated. AND PARTICIPANTS get A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK! During this year, we will also be sharing these photos and stories on Facebook and other social media such as Instagram, so look for them and please follow the hashtag #WeAreFriendshipVillage to stay current with the project!
We think it’s a great chance to share a bit about who we are! Residents’ participation takes less than ten minutes, so it won’t take much time to be a part of it and we think everyone will enjoy getting to know their neighbors and friends a little bit better!
If interested in participating (or know someone else who might be), feel free to give us a call at (314) 270-7837 or email at nagysteve@fvstl.com or drop by the marketing suites in Sunset Hills or Chesterfield. We have 365 of these to do over the course of the year, so everyone is welcome!
We look forward to seeing you as we get to share insights about the senior living residents who are making our Friendship Village retirement communities so great!
Thanks again!