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What Does “Love” Mean to Seniors, and How Do We Share Love with Them?

What Does “Love” Mean to Seniors, and How Do We Share Love with Them?

What does “love” mean to seniors?

Juan Gallo reflects on love, beyond the Hallmark cards and heart-shaped balloons.

What does love look like at the end of life, when longtime friends and partners are gone?

What do seniors have to teach us about love? And how do we share love with them?

Volunteers Deliver Christmas Miracle to Seniors

Volunteers Deliver Christmas Miracle to Seniors

Right before Christmas, Heart2Heart volunteers delivered a bounty of food to senior Cecilia Gannon and her husband, James. “The way Heart2Heart came to me to help was a miracle from God,” said Cecilia, who is 69. “I’ve always believed in miracles, but this past...

How Do You Honor a Grandparent If the Relationship Has Been Broken?

How Do You Honor a Grandparent If the Relationship Has Been Broken?

As we prepare to enter 2024, I have a simple message: Take the new year as an opportunity to reconnect with an estranged grandparent.  When a relationship with a grandparent suffers hurt or broken trust, it’s often too easy to avoid the person entirely. It’s...

Boys Bring Holiday Cheer to Seniors

Boys Bring Holiday Cheer to Seniors

A troop of boys singing Christmas carols brought smiles to the seniors at Coral Plaza Margate on Dec. 2.  The boys, all dressed in their army green uniforms and hats, were all part of local Trail Life USA Troop FL-4035. The boys sang three carols to the seniors....

Encourage Connections between the Generations this Holiday

Encourage Connections between the Generations this Holiday

One of the great joys of the holidays is the opportunity for the generations to spend time and connect. It’s one of the most overlooked highlights of the season, in my opinion.  Instead, we cringe when the loudest cousin charges over to Grandma, bursting with a...

A Reflection on Thankfulness

A Reflection on Thankfulness

I pray this Thanksgiving finds you surrounded by the people you love most.  And I pray that you’re still thankful — even if that’s not your experience this year.  Personally, I find myself in a state of “thankful, even though…” Even though the world seems to...

How to Include Seniors in the Holiday

How to Include Seniors in the Holiday

The holidays are a time to gather with friends and loved ones to share in special traditions. In the bustle of holiday plans and parties, seniors may be forgotten or left at the fringes of the festivities.  This season, I challenge you to go out of your way to...

How to remember seniors this holiday season

How to remember seniors this holiday season

During the holiday season, Heart2Heart usually sees an uptick in volunteer involvement from churches and groups who want to share Christmas caroling or holiday activities with the seniors.  It warms my heart to see people who have never visited a care center...