“Ministry is big; I mean when you screw up in ministry, you can screw up really big time,” said Tina Zimmerman, Chaplain at Chelsea Retirement Community. “This is people’s relationship with God. This is their faith. I just wasn’t smart enough. I wasn’t holy enough. I wasn’t good enough to do that.” Tina shares her […]
Alfred (Al) Wooll, a Detroit native, is a kind, humble, and multi-talented 99-year-old man. He spent years working as a metallurgical engineer, designing metal parts and studying metallic elements and compounds. He also contributed to ground-breaking projects, such as the first atomic bomb and the first atomic-powered submarine that were created during the 1950s. “I […]
“The other day, I put on a striped shirt and asked him how I looked, and he said, ‘like you’re in prison,’” Carolyn Luciani said with a laugh. This couple is quite the pair of jokesters, usually found bantering back and forth. Carolyn and her husband, Reverend George Luciani, met at a bible college in […]
Glazier Commons Assisted Living resident, Odie Elden, was born and raised in Detroit. She is the wife of an Ann Arbor judge and mother of two children. Odie loves spring, as that’s when she gets out to explore the beautiful campus. The gardens at Glazier Commons Courtyard hold a special place in Odie’s heart as […]
Rivertown Assisted Living resident, Irma Jaxon was born and raised in Detroit. She lived in the projects of Sojourner Truth on Nevada and attended Pershing High School there. She graduated in 1957 and began working at age 17. She continued her education, graduating from Wayne County Community College with an Associates degree -an accomplishment she’s […]
A group of Chelsea Retirement Community (CRC) residents competed against eight other teams of older adults from around the state at this year’s Senior Odyssey, held at Kenowa Hills Middle School in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 16. CRC’s team included Rosemary Blakeman, Dick Kraft, Mary Livingston, Horton Mathews, Gary Packard, Alberta Sabin, and Betty […]
Betty Pope and Jean Sayre both live at Chelsea Retirement Community. But they have much more in common than that! While they had never officially met before coming to CRC, they recently discovered that their paths have crossed several times over the years. Both their parents lived at CRC, as did Betty’s grandmother. Jean’s father, […]
“My mother only spent a year at Towsley Village Memory Care Center, but it was a very comfortable year for both of us. I enjoyed being able to take my mom to the gardens and goldfish pond, the Friday night popcorn and movies, wonderful music and other special programs. the kind and attentive staff cared […]
“All this snow reminds me of the day when my son was married. It was 1973 on St. Patrick’s Day and there was a sudden snow storm (known now as the infamous Great St. Patrick’s Day Storm). We ended up getting 10 inches in one day and weren’t sure if we would make the wedding. […]
“It turned into art when my experimentation didn’t exist anywhere else. Needlepoint gives me complete freedom of expression. I can treat it like its fluid, like it’s paint. I don’t really like my hands dirty so this solves my problem. I can paint without getting dirty. I need my freedom, I need to go wherever […]
