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Edward Takes Train Ride with his Wife Clois
Edward G. (89) of Brookdale Galleria Woods is a World War II veteran that began to love trains at a very young age and that love continued much into his adulthood. Edward began collecting trains around the age of 7 years old and he later joined the National Model...
Helen Returns to the Birmingham Museum of Art
104-year-old Helen of Brookdale University Park in Birmingham, Alabama has always gotten the most out of life. Her Wish was to return to the Birmingham Art Museum to see her collection of Asian artifacts and reunite with her dear friend Donald Wood, who is the older...
At the Age of 100 – Ruby Finally Sees the Ocean for the First Time
Ruby is a truly caring lady who resides at the Sterling House of Columbia in Tennessee. Ruby was born and raised on a farm in Giles County, Tennessee. Ever since she was a young girl, she dreamed of having the opportunity to travel to the ocean- dig her feet in the...
Jim Flies in an Open-Cockpit Navy Training Plane
Jim, of Galleria Woods in Hoover, AL, is an 84-year-old retired Physicist with a passion for flying. Jim has had his Wish of a Lifetime to fly in an open-cockpit biplane for almost 70 years. Jim’s Wish started to take shape when he took an Aeronautics class in high...