Observations on Life from a Senior Living Community

November 27, 2019

As we grow older and wiser, we slowly realize that whether we wear a $300 or $30 watch, they both tell the same time.

Whether we carry a $300 or $30 wallet/handbag, the amount of money inside is the same.

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Young ‘Uns’ Frances Jones’ tenure as big as her heart

October 16, 2019

Frances Jones’ volunteer work at CC Young started out like many others. She was coerced to provide supplemental help with something she knew little about: in this case, a residents-only choir group called the Young ‘Uns.

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Knowing Your Options: Planning and Paying for Long-Term Care

October 4, 2019

It’s difficult for a person in good health, someone with no past or looming health issues to be concerned about, to understand the need to plan for long-term care once they’re too old and frail to care for themselves. But the numbers bear out the wisdom of doing so. It’s estimated that more than 50 percent of people turning 65 will require some form of long-term care.

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History of Memorial Day

May 4, 2019

The practice of decorating soldiers’ graves with flowers is an ancient custom. Soldiers’ graves were decorated in the U.S. before and during the American Civil War. A claim was made in 1906 that the first Civil War soldier’s grave ever decorated was in Warrenton, Virginia, on June 3, 1861, implying the first Memorial Day occurred there. Though not for Union soldiers, there is authentic documentation that women in Savannah, Georgia, decorated Confederate soldiers’ graves in 1862

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