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editor’s letter
John, home from the hospital and reunited with our crazy family dog Abbey.
The Christmas season is a magical time of year when we can create lasting memories. I’ll take this moment to thanks everyone who sent notes, cards, phone calls, food and most of all prayers…I witnessed my first prayer group when my daughter was born too early…it was organized by my dear mother-inlaw…today our girl is a successful wife, mother and professional photographer. Now prayer has worked again for John as he survived a quadruple by-pass surgery mid-August and is working hard for his full recovery. Lots of you out there know exactly how long it takes to recover from major surgery so please, don’t stop those prayers!
From tasty beginnings to sweet endings, you’ll find over 30 scrumptious, tempting recipes on the following pages to mix and match for family meals, parties and gift-giving in foodsandflavors. Nothing says Christmas so sweetly and succinctly as homemade cookies filling a cake plate, easy to pick up and devour with a smile.
This is the season of stories…whether it’s the Christmas Story of Christ’s birth, one of many secular poems or tales that have become Christmas traditions for you and your family—stories passed on from one generation to the next… with or without hot chocolate and popcorn! How about choosing one evening a week for storytelling about dogs, cartoons or the 12 Days of Christmas along with the ease of a soup and sandwich supper?
Oh, Christmas trees…I’m going back to a tree like I had growing up. My mother and I spent hours, literally, putting individual aluminum icicles on EACH branch. I usually try a theme…one year it was teddy bears, another year just snowmen, one year my entire Holly Hobbie ornament collection but this year I’m pulling out all the ornaments I had growing up plus my kids’ homemade goodies. I still have an ornament I teethed on but his dents are nostalgic for me! Just one tree? Oh, no. Table trees real or ornamental are lovely and can easily be a conversation starter especially if covered in “snow.” The Yadkin Valley Magazine family sends best wishes for 2023! Our telephone number is: 336-699-2446 web address: yadkinvalleymagazine.com
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We offer: Short Term Rehab • Respite Care Skilled Nursing – Long Term and Short Term • Assisted Living Independent Apartments • Offering in-patient & Out-patient therapy
Our Physical Therapy Wing has so much to offer
It’s 2,400 sq ft of helping patients reach their full potential with kitchen, bedroom & bath setups, so patients can practice preparing meals, bathing, getting in & out of bed... building the overall functional abilities they’ll need to return home, including speech therapy. Open for outpatients, our residents and all of the community.
Our residents have added a touch of holiday home around every corner. They join with our staff in Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Elizabeth Lockett Administrator
Kathy Sparks Dietary Manager
Melinda Smith, RN Elizabeth Pardue Director of Nursing Social Worker Candy Crissmon Household Supervisor Johnathan Smouse Tammy Johnson Maintenance Supervisor Office Manager
