Cincy Senior Stories Gallery
Daphne R
I guess maybe when I had my first child. It was really representative of a very big change in my life but I’ve had so many. Graduating from high school, graduating from college, getting my first job. I guess I should include getting married too.
Dale H
Hope it hasn’t happened yet. However, I have lived a happy and charmed life; When I married the most beautiful girl I could ever imagine; When I passed my State board exams to become an Architect; when I was on 2 national NCAA basketball championship teams for University of Cincinnati (1961,62); The births of my 3 wonderful children and 6 wonderful grandchildren;
And lastly I am in good health at 79 years old.
Thom & Dianne P
What was the happiest moment of your life?
Thom:
The birth of my two daughters. That was the fulfilment and expansion of our marriage and creation of family. The birth of our girls brought me into a whole new realm I didn’t know existed. Becoming a father allowed me to change the cycle and truly create family.
Dianne:
The happiest day of my life was the day I married Thom.
Ronald G
What was the happiest moment of your life?
I would have to say it was my 75th birthday party. It was a complete surprise to me and it was a very special day. The weather was perfect and best of all everyone I knew was there to celebrate with me, friends and family many of whom traveled a great distance to join the celebration.
Alon A
What was the happiest moment of your life?
The day I got married – June 3, 1967. I’d gone 40 years and I had been afraid of girls (chuckle). She (Ethel) was just bubbly, outgoing, and had a wonderful disposition. She was a beautiful person to be around.
Norm L
What was the happiest moment of your life?
Moving to Cincinnati to be closer to the REDS.
Joyce C
What was the happiest moment of your life?
Being a witness to the opportunities my granddaughters have access to…
Erie A
Happiest Moment?
When my kids planned a surprise party for my 90th birthday. Two of my children are local, but my son and his family are in Jacksonville, FL. My entire KY/OH – even my FL family traveled up – came together to celebrate my special day. No one has ever done something so nice for me and it was the first time in a long time the entire family was all together. It was such a nice surprise.
Rosemary L
I feel like everything I did was easy. Every job I wanted, I got. I was very lucky.
I remember I got a job to work in the hospital in Evanston, Illinois after WWII, working on the paraplegia unit for young men who were veterans. My boss came to me and asked me, “How would you like to stay on in the paraplegia unit working Mondays and Fridays only? There would be no holidays.” It was the best job I could have hoped for. I also had a great team. I worked with a group of young black men who were trained as nurses’ aides. It was a wonderful experience. There has never been a more caring bunch of people than those men to care for our wounded veterans.