Today a good friend called me and said she had looked up Lake Forest Village which is a retirement community on Ryan Road just West of Teasley. She called to ask if I still lived there to which I answered that I certainly did. She asked me if I had ever been on YELP and I had not.
She then stated her reason for asking and for having looked at a review on YELP about where I live. She told me of a review written in 2015 which surprised her because she had been out to visit me many times over the many years I've lived here. She had been thinking of retiring, downsizing and ceasing to cook every day and that reminded her of where I live and my many comments of praise...even love...of this community I call 'home'.
So, off I went in search of YELP and decided it would not be fair for that to be our only review....someone must speak out that actually lives here. I guess that will be me for I fell in love with this facility when we drove in and saw geese, ducks and birds, all real except some gorgeous geese by the flower beds that were artificial but I had to be told that. As I did some volunteer work in the Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Units in 2015, I was surprised that someone passed away due to the condition mentioned but bad things certainly could of happened without me hearing of it.
Good people do pass away here, just as they do in hospitals and at home. I, for one, certainly plan for that to be my ending on this earth. I want to be where I am loved; among friends; visited by loving family members and feeling at home at that juncture of my life. This has been a great adventure since arriving years ago. I have played bridge, games, sang songs, been in plays, volunteered in the Village Store (a grocery), and helped to start up a thrift store. The staff are all kind and helpful. The events, meals, excursions, etc. are all wonderful....well, maybe one or two were just OK....but the friends you make are genuine and fun and I look forward to each day spending time with so many of them
I know I am being long-winded but I just wanted everyone to know that I've been to places in all parts of the world and it was educational and fun but I choose to spend my time now where I am comfortable and happy and who could ask for more.
Pat Wood Musser
5-18-17 read more