A New Tradition

Yesterday we had the opportunity to go with some friends and sing carols at a memory care facility down the street from our house. We have taken the girls there a couple of times to volunteer, and were excited to be able to do some service there again. I read an article that said 60% of people who are living in nursing homes NEVER receive a visitor. How sad is that? While I don't believe that is the case at this facility- this is a very nice facility where they really know how to take care of their residents, which leads me to believe each resident comes from a supportive family (and that Ben and I need to be able to afford this place should we ever need long term care), it was nice to go sing. I am pretty sure this needs to become another Christmas tradition of ours!

Then we walked over to the main campus of the retirement center and saw their Hogwarts train station. Apparently there are some gentlemen residents there who every year put together a train set for all the residents. It was really neat.