Simple Wishes

What started out as a scenic drive turned into a simple wish. I would like to introduce John. He used to ride Harley's and has a great passion for them and the outdoors. On our drive we passed a Harley shop, John's eyes lit up.  We made a special [...]

Barb has been at the Landings of Genesee Valley for almost a year. She lived in Lapeer for many years prior. While at the Landings, she often talked about a friend she dearly missed. They used to frequently have lunch at a restaurant called The Blind Fish.  After some [...]

A Simple Wish was granted for this wonderful woman, Dee. She had been talking about how she bowled a 300 game and received $300 for doing so. She wondered if it was still possible for her to bowl and bowl she did!  107???? Way to go Dee! She was [...]

Sam is a resident at Bellbrook and attends the Tuesday afternoon Yoga class faithfully.  One day Sam approached the instructor and asked her to watch this crazy video about Goat Yoga.  He told the instructor, "I have to try this once before I leave this earth!"  So we honored [...]

Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that mean the most. On February 5th, Vito celebrated his birthday at the Shepherd Bar and Restaurant with some of his closest family members and friends. He was known by first name here, and wished to celebrate his birthday with wine and [...]

What an amazing afternoon. Howard has always wanted to go and see my property out in Lake Station. We talk about it often and he knows the area well. One must-have was Matt our maintenance director; Howard and Matt are buds. We finally made his wish come true. We talked [...]

Lois grew up around planes, her family had them right in their back yard. Throughout her life her dad was known in the area as a pilot that defied odds and sometimes rules. Lois used to go on flights with her dad. She even took courses to get her [...]

We have a resident who has up and down days and you never know how she is going to react to plans and ideas. We went to her daughter for help on her simple wish, because everything that we came up with would have been too much for her. We [...]

This way the first wish to not go as planned at the very last minute. We have a resident who loves music and it really helps calm her down and put a smile on her face. Our thought was to go to the last music in the park in Clare [...]

We have 2 residents who do everything together and are the best of friends. It only seemed fitting that their wish was together if possible. They both love 2 common interest children and dogs. Chelsea knows a family that breeds a few different types of dogs and it seemed [...]