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PLACE

STAMP

HERE 11117 20th St. NE

Lake Stevens, WA 98258

Our mission is to create and

sustain comfortable, caring

environments for those

who depend on us.

Administrative Staff:

Loretta Kreeger Executive Director

Susan Frisbee Community Relations Director

Deanna Camerer Resident Care Coordinator

Maria Greene Business Office Manager

Hilda Cole Registered Nurse

Autumn Blizard Dietary Director

Jerry Songstad Maintenance Director

Diane Blas Activities Director

Contact us at:

425-397-7500

Ashley Pointe Newsletter Ashley Pointe Independent & Assisted Living Newsletter— September 2016

P2 Healthy Aging Month P3 Having Fun Photos P4 Activities Calendar P6 Grandparents Day

P7 Chaplains Corner P8 Mission & Team

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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10 Tips To Celebrate:

1.Don’t not act your age or at least what you think your current age should act like (Tip: Don’t keep looking in the mirror, just FEEL IT!) 2. Be positive in your conversations and your actions every day (Tip: Stop watching the police reports on local news.) 3.Ditch the downer friends. Surround yourself with energetic, happy, positive people of all ag-es. (Tip: Smile often. It’s contagious and wards off naysayers.) 4. Walk like a vibrant, healthy person. Analyze your gate. Do walk slowly because you have just become lazy or perhaps have a fear of falling? (Tip: Make a conscious effort to take big strides, walk with your heel first, wear comfortable shoes.) 5. Stand up Straight! (Tip: Your waist line will look great and feel trimmer if you follow this advise.) 6.How’s your smile? Researchers shows people who smile more often are happier. (Tip: Go to the dentist regularly and look into teeth whitening. Nothing says old more then yellowing teeth!) 7. Lonely? Stop brooding and complaining about having no friends or family. Do something about it. Pick up the phone, landline, or cell and make a call. Volunteer your time, take a class, invite someone to meet for lunch, Dinner or coffee. (Tip: Choose a new person every week for your dining out.) 8. Start walking (Tip: If you don’t have time for a dog, go to your local animal shelter and vol-unteer. You will be thrilled by the puppy love.) 9.Get physical. Make this month the time to set up your annual physical and health screening. (Tip: For a list of recommended annual health screenings, a great resource is the My Health Finders) 10. Find your inner artist. Who says taking music lessons is you young children? You may have an artist lurking inside you just waiting to be tapped. What about working with wood? (Tip: Sign up or come to our activity programs now for fall art, crafts, wood working with Dave or music programs.

SEPTEMBER IS HEALTHY AGING MONTH

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Chaplains Corner

God never promised that life would always be easy.

But He did promise to always be with us! This fall we

will be offering a special series for our Wednesday

morning Bible Study entitled STORIES OF FAITH.

Plan to join us at 9:45 am in the lobby. Here's the

schedule:

Wednesday, September 14

Charlie and Lucy Wedemeyer had it all, a happy

marriage, a beautiful family, a promising future, and

even popularity. But then came the diagnosis, Charlie

had ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), and it all started to

crumble. One by one, everything that had once seemed

so important in life was taken away. But God had a

plan for Charlie and Lucy. What at first appearance

seemed so terrible, God turned into amazing joy. Theirs

is a great love story that is an inspiration to all. Hear the

incredible account of their struggle and survival as they

lived with this terrible disease.

Wednesday, September 21

How do you make it through each day when you suffer

the loss of a child, when there’s a pink slip on your

desk, or when you lose your health or your spouse?

How do you carry on with life when the ache inside for

what has been taken seems completely overwhelming?

Nathan and Connie Backstrom are people of deep

faith in God, but they lost three of their teenage sons to

a needless, brutal head-on collision with a drunk driver.

Nathan and Connie have learned what many of us al-

ready know: We live in a random, deeply disappoint-

ing, often dangerous world. Nathan and Connie also

struggled with the question: “How do you do life when

God takes what matters most?”

Wednesday, September 28

How do you make it through each day when you suffer

the loss of a child, when there’s a pink slip on your

desk, or when you lose your health or your spouse?

How do you carry on with life when the ache inside for

what has been taken seems completely overwhelming?

Joe and Debbie Mayer have exper ienced indescr iba-

ble pain, the kind that raises serious questions about

God and life. No one is exempt from disappointment

and pain. But few of us will feel the crushing grief that

comes with losing three daughters. Whatever level of

heartache you’ve been through, you’ll find hope and

inspiration in Joe and Debbie’s story.

Wednesday, October 4

Joni Eareckson Tada grew up in Baltimore, Mary-

land. She loved the ocean, and the power and freedom

of riding horses. But just after high school graduation, a

dive into unfamiliar water changed everything. She was

seriously injured and had no hope of ever walking

again. She desperately wanted to kill herself. Since that

day, Joni has authored 25 books, spoken in more than

35 countries, is heard daily on the radio across Ameri-

ca, had a movie made about her life, and now leads an

organization that seeks to help hundreds of thousands

of disabled people around the world. You will be chal-

lenged and encouraged as Joni tells her inspiring story.

Wednesday, October 11 As we face the challenges of life when our faith is

stretched to the max, we can't help but wonder what lies

beyond death's door. Is there another world, another

place? Is there life after this one? Is there a heaven?

How can we know? And if there is a heaven, what will

it be like? What will we be like? We all have many

questions about life after the grave, because death is a

destiny we all must face. Authors Randy Alcorn, Joni

Eareckson Tada, and Dr. Erwin Lutzer describe what

the Bible says is on the other side of death's door.

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Grandparents Day

Beginning in 1970, Marian McQuade, West Virginia housewife

and mother of 15 children and later a grandparent, initiated a

campaign to set aside a day to honor grandparents. In 1978,

the U.S Congress passed legislation proclaiming the Sunday

after Labor Day to be National Grandparents Day, and the

proclamation was signed by President Jimmy Carter. The

month of September was chosen to signify the “autumn years”

of life, and the forget-me-not was chosen as the official flower.

Please join us for Grandparents Day Brunch

Sunday, September 11th

11:00 am—1:00 pm

Music provided by Robbie E.

We will never Forget

September 11, 2001

National Day of Service and Remembrance

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Having Some Fun at Ashley Pointe!

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