I hope you and yours had a wonderful Labor Day. Across the nation, the first long weekend of September indicates fall is approaching. While we’ve had some amazing monsoon of late, we all know we can expect heat and summer like temperatures for several more weeks.
I realize September is a month of transitions for all of us. My hope is this month’s issue of The Grand Season will inspire you to continue discovering your “bestself,” regardless of the uncertainties you might face.
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Melissa Whitton Editor/Associate Publisher
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AAA SENIOR PLACEMENT AZ
A Message from Sue Royer
“I was born and raised in inner city Chicago, the sixth of eighteen children with fifteen brothers. Being the oldest daughter, I was always a caregiver which I believe influenced me to pursue work in the healthcare industry. Today, I have three daughters and five grandchildren.
Years ago, I volunteered for hospice and knew immediately that helping seniors was my calling. I was soon employed by hospice but I felt something was missing. I realized it was the limited time I was able to spend with my clients. Having my own business allows me to provide the intimate hands on service needed in our community. I am committed to our seniors throughout their lives and I thank the community for the opportunity to serve.”
Sue RoyerDirector
About Us
Since 2002, AAA Senior Placement AZ has been offering FREE services helping seniors find safe, affordable and loving assisted living.
When it becomes too difficult for you or your loved ones to safely manage daily living and/or manage medical needs, call Sue Royer for help navigating the many options available.
We are specialists in all levels of assisted living care resources with referrals to Arizona’s best:
• Group Homes
• Assisted Living Communities
• In-Home Primary Care Physicians
• Home Health Care Therapy
• Transportation
• Private Duty In-Home Care
• Respite Care
• Alzheimer’s Care
• Memory Care
• Hospice
• Support Groups
Assisted living resources accepting:
• Private pay
• Arizona Long Term Care-ALTCS
• Medicaid
• VA Benefits
6 Reasons You Should Call
AAA Senior Placement AZ
• We are well known and respected in the medical community.
• All clients are given a thorough assessment to determine proper placement needs.
• There is never a fee charged to the senior or their family for our service.
• We are NOT contractually bound to any outside business. This allows us to serve our clients with only their interests in mind.
• Years of knowledge and experience in the field of senior care.
• AAA Senior Placement AZ is family owned, allowing us to give you quality, personalized service.
INSPIRE
THE REAL YOU
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
Bernard M. Baruch
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Oscar Wilde
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive!
Matt Cameron
Strive to be the most passionate, energetic, and tenacious professional in your clique.
Germany Kent
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
Ernest Hemingway
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Albert Einstein
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Les Brown
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
Stephen Covey
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
Maya Angelou
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
It’s never too late to become the person you want to be! Make time each day to invest in becoming the best version of yourself. Follow are some great ideas from Tony Robbins on cultivating your personal growth.
Let Go of Limiting Beliefs
You know who you are – but do you know who you could be? Most of us are held back by limiting beliefs: untrue thoughts we have about our intrinsic nature. By learning to recognize and let go of whatever limiting beliefs are keeping you from becoming the best version of yourself, you’re able to push forward and find the person you really are.
Toss Out Expectations
Our beliefs create our world – but unfortunately, sometimes our beliefs are not our own. Like most of us, you’ve built at least part of your identity on others’ expectations. The process of internalizing others’ values is unconscious and bringing it to consciousness is the essence of learning how to be the best version of yourself. Your vision for who you want to be must be yours – no one else’s.
Shed Your Old Identity
When you determine to find your ideal self, you’re essentially raising the bar – for yourself and the
people you know. Your “old self” will resist this due to feelings of insecurity and fear of the unknown. Resist the urge to cling to the familiar – the identity that’s been holding you back – and embrace a cando attitude.
Have Compassion for Yourself
Being the best version of yourself is about you – not other people. Stop comparing yourself to others and recognize that everyone is on a different path. If you’re not where you’d like to be, have compassion for yourself.
Stay Positive
As you learn how to be the best version of yourself, you’re sure to hit roadblocks and obstacles. Instead of getting discouraged, cultivate “positive” emotions like passion, curiosity and flexibility. Look at obstacles as opportunities instead of defeats.
Give Back
Contribution is an essential element of what makes us feel fulfilled. When we give back to our communities, we feel a greater sense of gratitude and abundance in our own lives. Volunteering –whether by giving your time, skills, knowledge or money – is one way in which you can be the best version of you no matter who you are.
DINING GUIDE
Dinner and a Movie!
YOU CHOOSE
Life is made up of a series of choices that determine whether you grow as an individual or stay stagnant. Sometimes, those choices are easy, but other times they require courage. If you’re looking for ways to grow as a person, check out some of these ideas.
1. Just show up. Say you want to run a marathon but have no prior experience. The first step is lacing up you shoes and hitting the pavement. Even if you only make it half a mile on your first training run, you’ll be about 2% closer to your ultimate goal than if you didn’t put in any work.
2. Start from the beginning. You don’t just happen to stumble upon the best version of yourself. You need to start from the beginning and take a high number of small steps in order to become what you envision.
3. Stop looking for a secret trick. There is no miraculous shortcut to the better version of yourself.
4. Accept help from other people. Don’t let your pride get in the way. Most successful people needed help along the way, too.
5. Stop pretending to know things you don’t know. You’ll never learn anything if you pretend to already know everything.
6. Help other people become the best version of themselves. Pay it forward. Doing so keep you motivated on your own path, and you’ll find that the lasting connections you build from helping others will greatly benefit you moving forward.
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BIBLE TRIVIA
1. Is the book of 1 Corinthians (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. From Acts 10, who had a vision of heaven opening up with a sheet knit of four corners being let down to earth? Caleb, Peter, Paul, Samson
3. What are the laws of a church, the collection of writings considered to be God’s word? Canon, Covenant, Gilead, Gilgad
4. Which prophet experienced an earthquake while standing on a mountaintop? Elijah, Abraham, James, Thomas
5. What Moabite woman became an ancestress of King David through her marriage to Boaz? Sarah, Rachel, Ruth, Rebekah
ANSWERS: 1) New 2) Peter 3) Canon 4) Elijah 5) Ruth
America’s sweetheart Julia Roberts, 57, wife of cinematographer Daniel Moder and mother of 21-yearold twins as well as an 18-year-old son, can still find time to make a movie or two. In July 2024, she began shooting the thriller “After the Hunt” with Ayo Edebri, Andrew Garfield and Chloe Sevigny. Roberts plays a college professor grappling with her past amidst another professor’s scandal. It opens on Oct. 10.
Her second film, also a thriller called “Panic Carefully,” is with Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Olsen, Brian Tyree Henry, and Ben Chaplin. It began shooting in January but is still waiting on a release date.
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LOVE GIVE YOUR BEST
By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot
Regardless of where you are in your relationship, it’s crucial to find ways to start giving your spouse the best version of yourself again. If you want to nurture lifelong love and a happier marriage, here are some tips that will help you give your spouse the best version of you.
1. Share good news with your spouse first
Whenever possible, if you have good news to share, make sure your spouse is the first person to hear it from you. Having close relationships with your family and friends is important, but your spouse should be your top priority. That means before you burn all your excitement with coworkers, friends, or family, take that news to your spouse first.
2. Clear away distractions
Clearing away distractions doesn’t just mean turning off the TV or putting your phone down to have a conversation. It might mean making sure you’ve completed your daily tasks or obligations so that you can give your spouse your full attention. If you’re a task-oriented person, rather than a more people-oriented person, then clearing away these distractions will help you give your spouse your best.
3. Create moments of tenderness
You can certainly make more time for intimacy to create more tenderness in your marriage. However, little everyday gestures can do so much to help your spouse feel loved. Hold hands, look into each other’s eyes, or leave love notes for one another.
Remember, what makes your spouse light up and add more of that to your marriage today.
4. Listen to your spouse’s heart
Has your spouse been seeking your attention or affection? Have you been pausing for long enough to meet their needs? Listen to their heart when they come to you with concerns.
5. Find your “off” switch
If you’re someone who prefers to stay busy, moving from one pursuit or task to another, it can be difficult to slow down. Finding your “off” switch is essential for a healthy marriage. It doesn’t mean you have to give up a fulfilling career or the dreams you’ve been pursuing. But it does mean that your spouse deserves to spend a little downtime with you.
Old socks can be fit around the head of an
or Swiffer base. Spray with cleaner and clean away. When you are done, remove the sock and launder.
Make your own camping lamp: Strap a head lamp to a full gallon jug of water. It fills the tent with a soft light, and you can still drink the water!
Use rubbing alcohol to clean window frames and trays. It evaporates quickly with no residue left behind.
Coffee filters make wonderful glass cleaners. They leave behind no streaks and no residual lint.
