Larry walks by Director, Angie’s office every day and stops to stare at a photograph on the wall of an old farmhouse. He reminisces that it is the exact homestead that he grew up on and asks us how we got a picture of his family’s home. Brian purchased a duplicate copy of the photograph and presented it to Larry. Larry hugged Brian and joked that he was nearly in tears and was in disbelief that the photo was his and how special it was to have it for his own. They hung it on his wall over his bed in his apartment.

Lorna recently moved into Bickford with her husband, Larry. Larry was very ill and ended up passing away within a month of moving here. For almost an entire year Lorna had the poster board collage of photos that was displayed during Larry's funeral service on the floor in her apartment. When Angie was doing some housekeeping in Lorna's apartment she saw the poster board and decided Lorna needed a better way to display the photos. So Angie purchased two large photo collage frames. Lorna shared stories about each picture while she and Angie put them in the frames. Lorna proudly hung the frames up on her wall when they were finished.

Lavonne grew up on a farm in rural Iowa. She loves all things farm, especially animals so Angie brought in her bunny. Lavonne spent the entire day enjoying sunshine and laughter with Fierro the bunny.

Carol’s grandson Alex was getting married in Colorado Springs and she was heartbroken that she wasn’t going to be able to attend. Holly wanted to make sure Carol could experience her grandson’s wedding. She asked the caregivers to set up Carol’s iPad so she could watch it over zoom. Holly decided that she was going to surprise Carol and watch her grandson’s wedding with her so she wasn’t alone. Carol was overwhelmed with joy, “Someone was there to watch it with me which made it so much better. Watching it alone wouldn’t have been the same and I can’t thank Holly enough for experiencing that with me.” Carol and her family still talk about how thankful they are that Carol was able to, not only see her grandson walk down the aisle but had someone to share that beautiful moment with her.