95 Years Young

Yesterday I had the great honor to help host a birthday luncheon for my friend Irene.

Isn't she beautiful? She turned 95 yesterday and my friend, Gail, and I fixed lunch for her and a group of her contemporaries affectionately known in the area as "The Wild Bunch." The Wild Bunch is composed of about 10 widows who have known each other for quite a number of years. They get together about once a month for lunch to celebrate whatever birthdays have happened since the last time they met. The youngest of the group is just over 80 and the eldest will be 97 this year. And they are all just as proud as they can be of their ages.

Gail and I are Irene's visiting teachers. LDS wards (congregations) assign 2 ladies to visit a few gals in the ward every month. Every lady has a set of visiting teachers, so I have a partnership who comes to see me each month and Gail and I visit Irene and 2 other ladies. We keep tabs on them, see if they need anything and this is especially important with the widows in the ward, as well as the younger ones who are having babies and might need a meal or a break now and then. If there's a problem with a family, like sickness, surgery, or a death, visiting teachers are the first ones called to help. 

It is so fun to see these ladies get together and talk and laugh and tell stories on each other, and it's something I look forward to every year mostly because I really love this lady.

Comments

[JulieP]

Oh the stories they probably tell!!! What a lovely group of women.

[Little Sis]

What a cute lady! I wish we had a Wild Bunch! You pictures look great-

[Pam]

Love this! What a great way to spend the day!!

[Margaret]

That's awesome!

[Joyce]

Such a grand group of gals! And I'll bet they do have stories to tell!

[andrea]

I hope I look that good at 95. What a lovely group of ladies. That's so awesome you throw a party. You're a great vt.