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Published on: February 4th, 2020
Every day when Willow Brook resident Ila Phillips rises, she makes a vow. “Whatever is today, I accept.”
It’s a philosophy that has suited her for 104 years and carried her through many transitions of life.
Whether it was coping with the Depression while growing up on . . . Read More
Published on: February 4th, 2019
I suffered a huge loss when I was seven years old, and I bottled my grief for 71 years. I would never want anyone else to wait that long. I recently shared my story at the Grief Share Group at Willow Brook at Delaware Run, and I hope others . . . Read More
Published on: December 27th, 2018
Who are my teachers
now I have left the schoolrooms
of my youth, now that I am old?
Poet Mary Oliver with wisdoms –
her arms open to ponds, flowers,
creatures lovely and not, her words
lights to what I must learn – words rich
with how to spend my life. Friends
are . . . Read More
Published on: November 19th, 2018
In 1946, Paul Harvey added “…and now you know the rest of the story” to his well-known radio broadcasts.
As I sat thinking about things one Sunday, I wondered what that phrase meant to me. My mind wandered to phrases like:
I’ve lived fun adventures—well, I did seven ziplines at 73, didn’t I?
. . . Read More
Published on: October 25th, 2018
He sits in his favorite chair by the window, and looks out across the lawn at the county road, and watches the cars as they travel past. He thinks back to what it was like to drive a car. That was a few years ago when he was . . . Read More
Published on: October 9th, 2018
For an artist who started painting at age 10, Maxine Paca was long overdue for an exhibit of her art work.
At age 89, it happened. Her lovely paintings were featured recently in an exhibit at Willow Brook Christian Village, where she resides with her . . . Read More
Published on: September 4th, 2018
In August, the Centrum Creative Writers won First Place for Cooperative Writing in a state competition sponsored by LeadingAge, a nonprofit association representing more than 400 long-term care organizations. The writers live at the Centrum, Willow Brook Christian Village’s assisted living center. They enjoyed collaborating to record their stories. Here we . . . Read More
Published on: August 14th, 2018
The Centrum Creative Writers won First Place for Cooperative Writing in a regional competition sponsored in June by LeadingAge, a nonprofit trade association representing more than 400 long-term care organizations. The writers live at the Centrum, Willow Brook Christian Village’s assisted living center. They enjoyed collaborating to record the stories of their . . . Read More
Published on: July 12th, 2018
by Bill Chaddock, Willow Brook at Delaware Run resident
Each of us has a priceless legacy to leave our children, grandchildren and even descendants not yet born.
That legacy is the multitude of memories and experiences – some happy, some sad – about our lives and families that we have accumulated over the years. It . . . Read More
Published on: June 5th, 2018
Ann Hopkins first learned to sew as a child and stitched up a storm all of her life. She made her own clothes and clothing for her mother, husband and children. It wasn’t until she retired in 1987 that she found time for another passion: quilting.
Now 93 and a resident . . . Read More
Published on: April 2nd, 2018
Ronald Dill, 94, a resident of Willow Brook Christian Home, was born on a farm north of Worthington, on the same land where the Home now stands.
“I’m back living on the farm,” Dill says. “This is home.”
We sat down with Dill to talk about his life, from his childhood on . . . Read More
Published on: January 23rd, 2018
Nova Anderson Weller has always had her head in clouds, yet her feet firmly planted on the ground.
This dual nature has allowed her to succeed in many roles.
She’s an ingenious digital photographer who loves to “experiment like crazy” in her artistic creations. She’s also a scientist – one who worked as . . . Read More
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