I have been paired up with someone new! Her name is colleen. She is 79 years old! Colleen is from Niagara Falls, New York. It is very interesting to talk to someone who lived so far and can tell me all about her life there growing up. Colleen is very fun to talk to and very energetic! She has shown me different photographs of her family when they were very young and even gave me a copy to keep. She has the original copy from the early 1900s when her mom was just 5 years old. She has a lot of siblings just like me so I see similarities between us. When colleen was younger, she told me she would walk everywhere. Cars were not very popular at the time and she lived in a small area so she would walk to school then to lunch then back to school then back home. She would her mothers family come in to stay with them so there were always lots of people at her house. She is very interesting to talk to and I think we are a very good match
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On Marcella and I's last day we spent it well. We had finished our book and spent our time talking. Marcella made sure to give me plenty of advise moving forward. She told me stories of her life and her and her husband. They were married a very long time. She also asked me questions. We talked about my future plans and all of the things going on in my at the moment, I will miss out talks very much and hope to see her around!
I have been talking with Marcella for quite some time. I have really got to know her and her journey with life. Marcella has not only told me about her life, but she has taught me how I should live mine and that is to live it to the fullest. She tells me not to rush into things and do what makes me happy. You only live once so put the fears behind you and just live.
We are almost finished with our book and I will be talking with a new lady. It is sad to leave Marcella behind and start a new connection with someone new, but I am very thankful for the time I did get to spend with Marcella. She is very kid, patient, loving, and gentle. I can tell she made plenty of impacts on people in her life. She impacted mine. Yesterday was our first day we got to meet with our person! It was so much fun and I can't wait to go back. I was paired up with a lady named Marcella. She is 101 years old! She can still walk using a walker and can speak very well. Yesterday, we sat down and got started on her journey book. She had many interesting stories and good advice too. I hope that when I become older I will get to use this book as well because it is great to have.
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AuthorHELLO, MY NAME IS CARA PAYTON. I AM A SENIOR AT NEW PALESTINE HIGH SCHOOL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU ALL ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH WOODLAND TERRACE |