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Here are some great christmas quotes from the past to share with older friends and family this holiday season.

• “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” – Roy L. Smith
• “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie
• “Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” – Zuzu Bailey, “It’s A Wonderful Life”
• “The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young.” – Phillips Brooks
• “I believe… I believe… It’s silly, but I believe.” – Susan, Miracle on 34th Street
  
• “That’s what Christmas memories are made from, they’re not planned, they’re not scheduled, nobody puts them in their blackberry, they just happen.” – Deck the Halls (2006)
• “Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance—a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.” – Augusta E. Randel
• “Christmas now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air.” – Shirley Sallay
• “It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” – W.T. Ellis
• “Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” – Norman Wesley Brooks
• “Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.” ― B.C. Forbes
• “Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” – Deborah Whipp
• “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” – Winston Churchill
• “What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.” – Agnes M. Pahro
• “Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” ―Peg Bracken
• “Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
• “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” ― Eric Sevareid
• “Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.” ― Pope John XXIII
• “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” – Theodor Seuss Geisel, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• “Love the giver more than the gift.” – Brigham Young
• “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Suess
• “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
• “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” — Burton Hills
• “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” — Alexander Smith
• “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin
• “Christmas, my child, is love in action.” – Dale Evans
• “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, Elf
• “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” – Harlan Miller
• “There’s nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up.” ― Jenny Han
• “One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” – Andy Rooney
• “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” — Washington Irving
• “Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.” – Phyllis Diller
• “I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old familiar carols play / And wild and sweet, the words repeat / Of peace on earth, good-will to men.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• “Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” — The Polar Express
• “At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes
• “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz
• “I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another.” — Carrie Fisher
  
• “Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.” – Helen Steiner Rice
• “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” – Margaret Thatcher
• “Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white’.” – Bing Crosby
• “No man is a failure who has friends.” — It’s a Wonderful Life
• “Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
• “Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.” – Mary Ellen Chase
• “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
• “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – Calvin Coolidge
• “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” —Edna Ferber
• “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
  
• “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.”
• “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.” – Shirley Temple

More Christmas Quotes

Funny Christmas Quotes For Seniors

If you’re looking for the very best assisted living in Phoenix; SLS Communities can help!  We have 5 locations in the Phoenix Valley that seniors and their families can choose from. With great amenities such as meticulously manicured landscaping, swimming pools, theater rooms, on-site salons, and much more! SLS Communities delivers today’s seniors the very best assisted living care services in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Check out our locations below

• Canyon Winds
• Chaparral Winds
• Desert Winds
• Sedona Winds
• Ventana Winds

For more information about assisted living and senior living services please call 480-348-0300.

Here are some great birthday quotes to share with older friends and family members to help them celebrate their special day. Find some special words to make them smile, maybe a quote from a well known person and more, all to say “Happy Birthday!”

• “Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.” – Anon
• “Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.” – Carl Jung
• “Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there is nothing you can do about it.” – Golda Meir
• “Birthdays mean going through another year of one’s life. It means growing another year older. For me, human birth is the purpose of Gods realization. A birthday simply means another year to complete that goal that we were sent to achieve.” – Mr. Benjamin
• “If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?” – Joy Page
• “The years are ticking away, so let this birthday be the day that you set your goals to accomplish the things you are currently only dreaming about for your life! – Catherine Pulsifer
• “Have you ever considered that your birthday is truly a day of celebration? A day to recognize the special gift we all received on the day you were born; the gift of you. You are appreciated, you are loved. As another year begins for you may you be filled with the thoughts of how special you are to all of us! Thank you for sharing your life with us.” – Robert Rivers
• “We turn not older with years, but newer every day.” – Emily Dickinson
• “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
• “Each year as our birthday comes, our thoughts and beliefs may change a bit from year to year. But believe our wish for you is always the same, may you find happiness and blessings all of your days!” – Catherine Pulsifer
• “Birthdays come but once a year, celebrate and be of good cheer.” – Robert Rivers
• “Birthdays are among the most awaited day for children since it evokes fun and games that they can enjoy with their family and friends.” – Hal Jordan, Birthday Party Ideas and Party Supplies on a Budget
• “Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.” – Jean Paul Richter
• “The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” – Lucile Ball
• “Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” – Francis Bacon
• “A child whose birthday is coming up is so excited, they count down the days. But as we get older we seem to lose the excitement. We need to rethink and be happy we have reached another birthday.” – Theodore W. Higginsworth
• “Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” – Franz Kafka
• “Happiness may come from some achievement, whether big or small, a sense of self-empowerment at work or in a social setting or a pleasant gesture like a birthday surprise from family and friends.” – Amit Ahlawat, Seven Ways To Sustained Happiness
• “A milestone birthday usually means taking the time to consider your life, your goals and what you have accomplished or not accomplished in your life up to this point.” – Jenny Mays
• “A birthday is the anniversary of your birth. It’s the time most of us reflect over the past year and what we hope for in the coming year.” – Claudia T Hudson
• “A birthday is not a day to fear. It is a day to celebrate and look forward to the coming year.” – Byron Pulsifer
• “To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is to triumph over old age.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
• “The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday.” –  Paris Hilton
• “May you receive many gifts, and may your day be joyous, and best of all may you be surrounded by family and friends. May all you wish for come true.” – Theodore W. Higginsworth
• “Birthdays are inevitable, beautiful and very particular moments in our lives! Moments that bring precious memories back, celebrate the present times and give hope for the future.” – Bsbr Arish, Birthday wishes
• “A birthday is a day that brings
  Much celebration and so we sing,
  A very Happy Birthday to You
  Our life would not be complete without You.”
  – Catherine Pulsifer
• “New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.” – Charles Lamb
• “You are a very special person to us and on this day you were born we are remind of the unique and wonderful person that you are. Believe in yourself, be all that you were born to be!” – Kate Summers
• “Just remember, once you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.” – Charles Schulz
• “How you celebrate your partner’s birthday will tell them a lot about what they mean to you, and how important the relationship is to you.” –  Denise Brienne, 250 Romantic Ideas For Couples: Volume 1
• “Live everyday like your birthday and drive your life with all varieties of appreciation. A life live with thanksgiving every day is never tired of being lived again and again!” – Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
• “Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.” –  Menachem Mendel Schneerson
• “A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy.” – Abhishek Bachchan
• “The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.” – Oscar Wilde
• “You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” –  John Mason
• “There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.” – William Barclay
• “Today you have added another candle of knowledge and wisdom to your life. May it give you the power to enlighten the whole world. On your birthday, I wish you joy and happiness.” – Debasish Mridha
• “You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.” – Woody Allen
• “In other words, live vicariously, beautifully, and excitingly, discover, love, dare and act as there is nothing to lose.” – Andy Hertz, Life, The Best Birthday Gift
• “Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” –  Nicky Gumbel
• “I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.” – Thomas Edison
• I believe that no matter what condition you are in when someone close to your heart remembers your birthday and wishes you a happy birthday, you feel happy. – A. Singla
• “Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” – George Meredith
• “A birthday is like a new year and my wish for you, is a great year full of happiness and sunshine!” – Catherine Pulsifer
• “Don’t regret another birthday, the good news is that you are alive and can celebrate it.” – Catherine Pulsifer
• The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – Oprah Winfrey

If you’re looking for the very best assisted living in Phoenix; SLS Communities can help!  We have 5 locations in the Phoenix Valley that seniors and their families can choose from. With great amenities such as meticulously manicured landscaping, swimming pools, theater rooms, on-site salons, and much more! SLS Communities delivers today’s seniors the very best assisted living care services in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Check out our locations below

• Canyon Winds
• Chaparral Winds
• Desert Winds
• Sedona Winds
• Ventana Winds

For more information about assisted living and senior living services please call 480-348-0300.

Do you have friends or loved ones about to become grandparents for the first time and are looking for something witty and/or meaningful to say or write to them? Read on for some ideas as you celebrate this milestone in their lives.

For New Grandparents

• Enjoy your grand-bundle-of-joy!
• I know you will be a great grandparent.
• I’m wishing your new addition to the family much love and happiness.
• I don’t know who is luckier, you for having a new little grandchild, or your grandchild for having you as grandparents.
• I know you’ll try to spoil your grandchild so much!
• You have a new bundle of joy, whom I am sure you will thoroughly enjoy!
• May your new grandchild provide you with hugs, love, smiles, and much joy.
• Now you can give your grandchild candy and toys that make a lot of noise. It’s payback time!
• Every step and event in your life has been leading up to your most important role and calling, being a grandparent!

Quotes About Grandchildren

• “Grandparents, so easy to operate, even a child can do it.” —Author Unknown
• “A grandchild fills the empty space in your heart that you never knew you had.” —Author Unknown
• “The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” —Sam Levenson
• “Grandchildren are the gifts of yesterday, the pride of today, and the joy of tomorrow.” —Author Unknown
• “If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first.” —Lois Wyse
• “Grandchildren are God’s way of compensating us for growing old.” —Mary H. Waldrip
• “Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.” —Gene Perret
• “My grandfather is great. He’s a great grandfather.” —Chico Marx

Original Phrases

• Grandchildren are a blessing to grandparents just as grandparents are a blessing to grandchildren.
• Grandchildren are the reward for those who have labored as parents.
• Grandparents are parents with more experience.
• A small grandchild is always big enough to fill a grandparent’s entire world with joy!
• Grandchildren are made to be spoiled by grandparents.
• Studies show that people who have at least one grandchild are much happier than people who have none.
• No one can spoil you like a grandma!
• Grandparents are prone to being wrapped around tiny fingers.
• Being a grandparent means spoiling the grandchildren and sending them home with noisy toys and a sugar high.
• Grandmothers are the best type of mothers (or grandfathers are the best type of fathers).
• Except for their grandchildren, grandparents are the most blessed people in the world.
• Every moment with your grandchild is a blessing. Enjoy all the little things.

Find Quality Assisted Living Care With SLS Communities

If you’re looking for the very best assisted living in Phoenix; SLS Communities can help!  We have 5 locations in the Phoenix Valley that seniors and their families can choose from. With great amenities such as meticulously manicured landscaping, swimming pools, theater rooms, on-site salons, and much more! SLS Communities delivers today’s seniors the very best assisted living care services in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Check out our locations below

• Canyon Winds
• Chaparral Winds
• Desert Winds
• Sedona Winds
• Ventana Winds

For more information about assisted living and senior living services please call 480-348-0300.

Moving from your home to assisted living can be overwhelming especially if you are going to lose your beloved pet. But some assisted living facilities are pet friendly. There may be some restrictions as to the kind of pet, the size and the number of pets, so read on to learn more.

Pet Ownership Benefits For Seniors

It is a fact pets are good the emotional and physical wellbeing of a senior. it helps them to live longer, happier and healthier. Pets give seniors a further sense of purpose, helps them retain an active lifestyle and has proven social benefits. Other pet ownership benefits include:

• Stress reduction
• Depression reduction
• Greater spontaneity
• Mental stimulation
• Lowers cholesterol
• Lower blood pressure
• Decreases loneliness
• Increased learning
• Higher survival rate following a heart attack
• Higher spirits for those with a memory impairment
• Better self-esteem

Pet Friendly Senior Housing

As of the fall of 2017, 78% of senior communities welcomed pets and that number is increasing for assisted living communities as well. More senior comunities and assisted living facilities are realizing pet ownership is important and some even have “community” cats and dogs and even pet chickens! Some are even starting to offer grooming anda pet care among its extra services. However there may be weight limits for your pet and a maximum number of pets allowed as wel las a fee or additional deposit.

Pet-Friendly Community Questions

• What are current ruels regarding pets?
• Is there a safe area to take your dog or cat for a walk?
• Is there a place for your pet to do its business?
• Is the pet area well-lit at night?
• How much of a deposit or fee is required upon move-in?
• Are the rooms in your unit large enough for a pet?

Find Quality Assisted Living Care With SLS Communities

If you’re looking for the very best assisted living in Phoenix; SLS Communities can help!  We have 5 locations in the Phoenix Valley that seniors and their families can choose from. With great amenities such as meticulously manicured landscaping, swimming pools, theater rooms, on-site salons, and much more! SLS Communities delivers today’s seniors the very best assisted living care services in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Check out our locations below

• Canyon Winds
• Chaparral Winds
• Desert Winds
• Sedona Winds
• Ventana Winds

For more information about assisted living and senior living services please call 480-348-0300.

As you get older, it is more important than ever to maintain your balance to minimize the risk of an injury or even life-threatening fall. Read more here to learn about some balance exercises seniors can do to keep themselves in shape.

Disclaimer: You should speak with a medical professional before undergoing any exercise regime. Use proper safety precautions and have assistance available when you exercise.

Standing On One Foot

• Grip a sturdy chair to ensure balance and stand on one foot.
• Hold this position for ten seconds.
• Repeat this ten times.
• Repeat ten times with the opposing leg.
• Then repeat fifteen times with both legs (one leg at a time!)

Heel To Toe Walking

• Take the heel of one foot and place it in front of the toes of the other foot so they are almost touching or lightly touching.
• Focus on a spot ahead of you so you maintain a sense of steadiness as you walk. Step forward placing your heel just in front of the foot you have just moved forward.
• Repeat for twenty steps.

Balance Walk

• Raise your arms to shoulder height.
• Again focus on a point to help maintain steadiness as you walk.
• Step forward in the same way you dod when doing the Walking Heel To Toe exercise.
• Repeat for twenty steps.

Back Leg Raises

• Take a sturdy chair and grip it for balance.
• Slowly breathe in.
• Breathe out very slowly, as you lift one leg back without bending your knee or pointing your toes. Do not lean forward!
• Hold the position for a count of one.
• Breathe in while lowering your leg once more.
• Repeat this ten to fifteen times.
• Repeat this ten to fifteen times with the alternate leg.
• Repeat this ten to fifteen times with both legs.

Side Leg Raises

• Gripping a chair for balance, stand with feet slightly apart and slowly breathe in.
• Keeping your back straight and toes pointing forward, slowly breathe out while lifting one leg out to the side. SLightly bend the leg you are standing on.
• Repeat these steps ten to fifteen times.
• Repeat these steps ten to fifteen times with the alternate leg.
• Repeat these steps ten to fifteen times with both legs.

Find Quality Assisted Living Care With SLS Communities In Arizona

If you’re looking for the very best assisted living, memory care, and senior living services in Phoenix; SLS Communities can help! We have 5 locations in the Phoenix Valley that seniors and their families can choose from. With great amenities such as meticulously manicured landscaping, pools, theater rooms, on-site salons, and much more SLS delivers seniors the very best senior living services in Arizona.

Check out our locations below

• Sedona Winds
• Desert Winds
• Chaparral Winds
• Ventana Winds
• Canyon Winds

For more information about assisted living and senior living services please call 480-348-0300.

Do you want to find out more about “what are some benefits of assisted living?”, if you are, keep reading to learn more about the benefits of assisted living. When you are making the decision to move your loved one into an assisted living facility, it is usually hard for everyone involved. Today’s loved ones are met with a ton of choices when it comes down to finding new living arrangements.

Making a move to assisted living can feel scary, overwhelming, and just plain difficult. It can mean rifling through decades of household items, saying farewell to a family home, and the end of a chapter in life.

It is also is the start of a brand-new journey with brand new opportunities and new adventures awaiting today’s seniors each day.

8 Benefits Of Assisted Living

1. Prevent Social Isolation

Seniors living that are alone face a higher risk for social isolation and increased feelings of depression and loneliness. In an assisted living facility, seniors live in community-like surroundings with friends and staff encouraging involvement in social events. Our communities have lively and diverse activity calendars that allow residents to start new hobbies, join fitness classes, and possibly even travel to destinations they’ve never been before.

2. Around The Clock Professional And Compassionate Care

Residents in assisted living usually need help with activities of daily living, like dressing, bathing, taking care of their hygiene, medication assistance, and more. Our communities offer 24/7 care to ensure that needs are being met and each resident is getting the attention they need and deserve. Each staff member is trained to provide the care residents require in a way that protects their privacy and encourages dignity.

3. A Focus On Independence And Fun

Although these communities are wonderful places to receive personalized care, assistance is provided with a focus on independence and fun – making sure residents are doing what they can when they can do it. We are always here to extend a helping hand by providing assistance or maybe joining residents for a meal or an afternoon stroll.

4. Extended Free Time

It’s time to put away the house cleaning, yard work, and home upkeep. Assisted living communities are designed to be hassle-free. Residents won’t have to worry about cleaning, cooking, the mopping. It satisfies us to work for each of our residents, letting them catch up on a book trilogy, plan a trip across the state, take an interest in a new hobby, or invest more time in a lifelong dream.

5. Appetizing Meals

Meals in assisted living are specially created to benefit our senior’s health. With nutritious meals prepared by highly trained chefs, residents in these communities enjoy savory meals that are not only good at promoting their health, but they taste good too. Additionally, elegantly designed dining rooms promotes mealtimes with friends, making each dinner, not just another meal but a fun social occasion.

6. Readily Available And Safe Transportation

When driving starts to become unsafe, or owning a car becomes too much of a bother, assisted living communities offer dependable transportation to local shopping, outdoor concerts, social events, and doctor or dentist appointments. Reliable transportation helps our residents get to where they need to go, as they need it.

7. An Investment In The Future

When moving into an assisted living, it is a move into a lifestyle that encourages healthy senior living and opens an abundance of options for the future if needs should ever change. Each of our residents has a personalized, custom care program that is regularly assessed by a medical team, making sure that any change in health is observed when it happens, resulting in early diagnosis and, in the long run, better treatment.

8. Peace Of Mind

All of these benefits work collectively to create the most significant benefit: peace of mind. Friends and loved ones of residents can rest easy, knowing their loved one is being well taken care of in a home-like environment where their needs are being met. Seniors themselves can rest easier too, with the understanding that they have a family in their community who is there for them, cheering them on, and helping them make the most of each day.

Find Quality Assisted Living Care With SLS Communities

If you’re looking for the very best assisted living in Phoenix; SLS Communities can help!  We have 5 locations in the Phoenix Valley that seniors and their families can choose from. With great amenities such as meticulously manicured landscaping, swimming pools, theater rooms, on-site salons, and much more! SLS Communities delivers today’s seniors the very best assisted living care services in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Check out our locations below

• Canyon Winds
• Chaparral Winds
• Desert Winds
• Sedona Winds
• Ventana Winds

For more information about assisted living and senior living services please call 480-348-0300.