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"Dear Dan & Manuela, Your thoughtful note following the death of my mother meant so much to me. You said you "feel honored and blessed" to have known her and I take that to heart.

We also feel very blessed that you were my mother's caregiver. You were not only attentive and caring of her physical needs but were thoughtful of her emotional needs as you shared your family's daily lives with her. How she enjoyed seeing new shoes, new songs learned by the children, Halloween costumes, etc!

You were the touch of Jesus to her and I thank God for all of you."

~Fondly, Kristy

"Dear Manuel and Dan, What a blessing  you have been not only to my Dad, Arnie, but my entire family.

I am so grateful Dad could spend his last 10 months with you in a home filled with Christian love, joy, laughter and precious children. You made all the difference in welcoming Dad, humoring him and in patiently caring for him. As time went on, both Connie and I referred to you and your residents as our 2nd family.

Thanks for opening your doors for unarranged visits and allowing Dad & I to feel so at home.

Manuela, you are truly gifted in the care you provided right down to the last hour.  Dad's passing was a significant life event for me and because of you I will remember it as a good experience and even a treasured time.

I miss you all and will always have appreciation, love and respect in my heart for you. I thank the Lord for you. Also, thanks for adding Denise's hymns into your home. That time meant the world to us and filled our hearts with hope, peace and love. I will cherish memories of Dad quietly harmonizing along to his favorite tunes.

I will come & see you all as I care deeply about you all. Until then, keep doing the Lord's work.

It's a privilege to have been touched by an angel >> you Manuela."

~Love, Julie

"2007 was both a sad and happy year for me. Sad because my husband of 62 years passed away in February. He was in and out of the hospital from May to October because of severe weight loss and low blood pressure. I just assumed it was his heart as he had a quadruple bypass in the seventies shortly after retiring from the Air Force.

During the six month period from May to October, he was able to recover some, putting on weight and actually beginning to feel better. But prior to his third trip to the hospital, it was necessary to call the paramedics as he passed out at home. After a ten day stay in the hospital, I was left with a small glimmer of hope that he would come home again; however, the doctors felt differently. They encouraged me to put him in a nursing home to continue his care which consisted of treating his progressing dementia and chronic bedsores.

So upon his release from the hospital, I made the decision to put him in a private nursing facility close to my daughter. He ended up staying there for two months, often going up and down and refusing his meals and food.

Shortly after Christmas, my daughter, Pat, found a wonderful adult family home close to her house. Manuela, the owner and caretaker, was truly my husband's guardian angel. She was able to work miracles on him, getting him to both eat and exercise. He was one of six adults in this home. He received the best possible care right up to his last day."

~Leslye

"Manuela & Paula, Can't thank you enough for coming to my Dad's service yesterday, but most of all for taking care of my Dad in his final days. He made a remarkable come back or rally and I attribute it all to your home and nurturing care. I could see it in his eyes how much happier he was - and getting him to eat was a major accomplishment!

I knew the first time I talked to you it would be a good fit! I guess God was watching over him when he sent us to you.

I will miss seeing you guys - talking to you and laughing with you but I plan to stay in touch.

Paula - thank you so much for being there w/my Dad in his final minutes."

~Fondly, Pat, Leslye & Scott

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