A family favorite story, a truth told by my large family’s major storyteller and keeper of memories — me! This one is continually re-inspired when I light one of my…

Shabbat a.m. at the new Legacy: breakfast in “Stanley’s Bistro,” where stories are told and news exchanged over good food and excellent coffee. Recent musings after these mornings often remind…

I treasure, as always, new experiences — even when they come in bunches and bundles, as they do now… The Legacy Midtown Park is a joy, but one that takes…

I had my first experience with senior living many years ago, as a young woman, very new to Chicago. I had been teaching Sunday school for years at synagogues in…

Report: I’ve moved successfully into our community’s newest senior facility: The Legacy Midpark! On my first day here, I made some new friends and re-met many old ones. There’s nothing…

In packing up for my big move, I found many interesting things I squirreled away with the notation that they’d be worth writing about someday. Well, now is “someday,” so…

I write this as I sit at my desk on the day before it will be moved to my new apartment in our Jewish community’s new Legacy senior residence. This…

I am moving! I had looked forward to moving into our community’s new Legacy senior residence [Midtown Park] since the day of its groundbreaking. Now it’s opened up, and I’ll…

I’m thinking today about my late sister, whose birthdate is fast approaching — a very good time for me to remember her at her best and worst — which is…

Memory is tricky, sometimes bringing something back to you when you least expect it. This happened to me earlier on the very same evening that I’m now writing this. The…