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Michel I applaud your decision to downsize and move you & Barbara to a retirement community. I do wish my parents, dad-85 mom-81, would simplify and sell their 3 bedroom with a full basement and 2-car bulging garage and move to apartment with 2 bed, 1car garage, screened patio and emergency call buttons and dining room available that is next to a LTC facility in their neighborhood. I live 30 minutes away but cannot be there as quickly or as often as I'd like. How did you decide to make this type of move? Wondering, Jeanette Fuhr 49/47/44? ---------- From: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Moving Day Posponed (Waaaah!) Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 11:12 PM Hi Barb and Camilla: We've been there, done that! We moved into this retirement community about 11 months ago, and the population is increasing, now about 350, as new buildings are erected, for an eventual total of over 2000. This community will have three levels of residence, totally independent, assisted living (to be available next year), and nursing care facilities. When we meet new residents, we usually talk about how hard it was to sell our home where we lived for 20, 30, 40 years and how hard it was to practice the reduction in size, and how hard it is to give or sell or give away stuff and mementos we have accumulated over the years. This commonality draws us together to a large extent. We also have a closed channel TV where I advertise the next meeting of our Capital Chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation of Northern Virginia. This has served us well so far, because I've had to call on the house security to manage two health emergencies, and they came through most successfully. This residence has become another family as the Parkinsonian family has. Michel 'Carpe Diem'