7 Resolutions Seniors Can Make for the New Year, By: Brad Breeding
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. – Charles F. Kettering, inventor, engineer, and businessman Roughly half of Americans admit to usually making some kind of New Year’s resolution. Yet despite their good...
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5 Ways for Seniors to Beat those Holiday Blues By: Rev. Craig Statton
By: Rev. Craig Statton, CEO, Atherton To my ears, there is nothing better than the blues. This genre of music came out the African American experience in the deep south. The inventors were slaves, former slaves, and the descendants of slaves—sharecroppers who sang as...
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New Study Shows CCRC Residents ARE Happier and Healthier By: Brad Breeding
I often talk and write about the many benefits that come with living in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC, or “life plan” community). Travelling to CCRCs across the U.S., I am fortunate to witness firsthand the ways so many of these communities enhance the...
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What? Another year? Already? By: Dennis McFadden
By Dennis McFadden, Former CEO(now Retired), Atherton Homes As we age, the time seems to pass ever so much more quickly. John Updike famously observed that we should “suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.” Or, in the...
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The One Horse Sleigh Ride Date
By Atherton Resident Christmas 1945 Altona, IL While rummaging through all the interesting things in my Uncle Roy’s farm machine shed, I spied something of special interest. It was an old “One Horse Sleigh”. Immediately, a plan began forming in my imagination as to...
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Cold Fruit Soup By: Ellen Wekall
By: Rev.Ellen Wekall, PhD Long time Atherton Resident You can use fresh fruit or canned fruit. My favorites are fresh cherries or peaches. If you use fresh fruit use at least 1 lb. Ingrediants Fruit 4 cups of water 1 tsp of vanilla extract 1slice of lemon 4 tsp. of...
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Inside the Story By: Eddie Gibbs
Eddie Gibbs, Atherton resident since 2010 We all know the story. We’ve seen it, read it, sung it, heard sermons about it, and cherish it. But have you ever actually been inside the story? The night we experienced this was one of the most unforgettable Christmas...
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Overcoming the Mental Obstacles & Emotional Barriers of Downsizing By: Brad Breeding
After a recent talk I gave at a retirement community, a guest came up to me and said he knows he wants to move to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC), but the prospect of downsizing just feels so daunting to him. He explained that he has over 10 acres of...
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