Abigail Board and Care

11/05/2017

“The characteristics of personality change throughout life but it seems as if individual nature remains rooted in the abyss of time.'

10/02/2017

Beautiful perspective❤️ Age definitely has advantage:)

“Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time”

This story about a 92 year-old woman has been shared over 200k times.
When you read it I think you’ll understand why.
It all has to do with her attitude.

Here’s what Alex Steblowsky wrote about Peggy Jones:

This petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home yesterday.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window.

“I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room …. just wait.”

“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.”

“Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s how I arrange my mind.
I already decided to love it.
It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up.”

“I have a choice;
I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.”

“Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life.”

She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you’ve put in.
So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories.”

And with a smile, she said:

Remember the five simple rules to be happy.

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less, & enjoy every moment.

Photograph by Karsten Thormaehlen

05/18/2017

04/19/2017

Well, the littlest decided she would make herself right at home in the new room by throwing all the pillows on the floor...when it got quiet in there, I knew something must be "up"...upon my investigation I found her like this😂. I think she's waiting for her new Grammy to come home:)❤️

12/26/2016

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!! Chocolate covered strawberries after Christmas dinner tonight😁 So incredibly delicious!! We all had seconds...and thirds...maybe more...sssshhhhh

11/01/2016

Happy Halloween!!

09/21/2016

07/14/2016

Just beautiful!! Angels are always surrounding us:)

OMG. I'm all tears.

06/03/2016

The last couple of lines really got me:)

She Tells Her Grandma That She’s Just Been Cheated On So Grandma Tells Her To Do This 11 This is a good lesson for all of us, no matter what stage of life you’re in. You’ll see what I mean. A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her – her hu...

04/07/2016

You're never too old!! Now to look for a local dance company willing to come to our home and teach us!

01/21/2016

Baby snuggled in the morning😍

01/17/2016

Lazy Sunday:)