Administrator’s Corner

I would like to thank everyone for being patient with all the changes since I took over in October. You have been wonderful and understanding about all the things that needed to be done and I want to let you know that not only the staff have been helpful, but you the residents and family have been very helpful with suggestions and ideas. I am looking forward to a long relationship with everyone, and my door is always open.
Well, after 6 ½ years in operation we finally cranked out our first newsletter. Yeah!! We wanted to highlight our wonderful residents and toot our horn about our staff as well as special activities at our facility. However, my intention for this particular column is to re-engage in writing on current subjects – some related to residential care but more on just life in general. When I was living aboard a boat with my family, circumnavigating the United States, I wrote a weekly article of our adventures entitled "Current Conditions." I later found that my email was forwarded on to many a recipient. (Twas the beginning of a blog before blogging was popular.) And although I’m busy like everyone else, I think it important to share from the "poop deck" of life. (Poop deck, by the way, is a nautical phrase for the raised aft portion of a sailing vessel in which the helmsman held an elevated position ideal for both navigation and observation. You may apply the phrase differently but I will leave that up to you.) Life can be difficult to "dead reckon" through. Sharing experiences, both good and bad, may prove beneficial to some and entertaining to others. Like so many of you, my approach the last couple of years have been on the leeward side of my objectives. And although I know not whether I’m one bit wiser, this I do know; my hope lies not in my abilities nor in those around me, but in my Lord. Is there any other way? Come join me once a month as we sail through the troubled waters called "life."