Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

• 2 • The Pinecone | December 2018 ON THE PINECONE COVER The Holiday season at Kirby Pines is hard to ignore. From the sixteen foot Christmas tree in the lobby, to the decorations residents have placed on their doors, a walk around the community provides everyone with a smile and feeling of joyfulness. Many, however, say that until you feel the spirit of Christmas – there is no Christmas. The decorations, musical events and various edible treats are all here to enhance the Christmas season, but it is the true meaning of Christmas, that truly lifts our hearts. George Adams said that the birth of Jesus Christ stands as the most significant event in all history. Significant, because as George Adams said, “…the birth meant the pouring into a sick world the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years… Underneath all the bulging bundles is the beating Christmas heart.” Adams’ words make you stop to think about just how blessed we are. After all, we have ample food, a comfortable place to live and one another. Yet one’s heart cannot help but beat for many less fortunate Americans. His Light Leads the Way a t K i r b y P i n e s Michael Escamilla, Executive Director, Kirby Pines Winter Took Us By Storm at Ki rby Pines ! Kirby Pines Retirement Community is managed by: BOARD OF D I R ECTOR S Dr. James Latimer, Chairman Mr. Rudy Herzke, President Mr. Berry Terry, Secretary/Treasurer Mr. Larry Braughton Rev. Richard Coons Mr. Jim Ethridge Dr. Fred Grogan Ms. Linda Harrington Ms. Mary Ann Hodges Mr. Rusty Linkous Mr. Boyd Rhodes, Jr. RCA S TA F F Charlie Trammell President, RCA Michélle Vincent Senior Vice President, RCA Tim Cox Vice President of Finance, RCA Rick Cumberland Chief Operating Officer, RCA Beth Houk Director of Sales & Marketing K I RBY P I NE S S TA F F Michael Escamilla Executive Director, Kirby Pines Annette Marlar Director of Medical Services and HR Mike Abutineh, M.D. Medical Director Erin Geiser Director of Culinary Services Linda Huston Director of Accounting Don Johnson Chaplain Cheryl Moore Director of Life Enhancement Chuck Neeley Director of Maintenance Mike Rayder Director of Grounds & Landscaping Calvin Sims Director of Security This magazine is produced by RCA 6465 N. Quail Hollow Rd., Suite 400 Memphis, TN 38120, 901-794-2598 Electronic version of The Pinecone is available at www.kirbypines.com With Thanksgiving early this year, Daylight Savings Time late, it seems fall passed us completely by and we went straight to winter. The same has happened inside the walls of Kirby Pines, too. We’ve had so many activites with special events, dances, musical performances and more, that we’ve moved right into the Christmas season without even knowing it! But not to worry, if you missed anything in November, there are even more exciting things to look forward to in December, including our Annual Christmas Party on the 11th in the Lobby! Since winter and the holidays are on our minds, we decided our covers should reflect just that. Our front cover features Sandra and Walter Overbey enjoying a quick day trip to the Rosebriar Tea Room in Eads, Tennessee, featuring clothing, gifts and Christmas spirit. Our back cover, even though our snow was light, is Donn and Tammy Schroeder’s dog Jake, looking as if he were dressed for weather in his brown fur coat. The hurricanes in early fall followed by the ravishing fires in California have left many fellow Americans without a place to call home and the uncertainty of where the next meal will come from. This Christmas, for many of them it will be a day of prayer and hope. A day in which to think of everything and everyone they love and have loved. And so to you and those who have lost so much this year, on this Christmas let’s all prayer that they and we alike remember, “His light will lead the way”. Merry Christmas, Sandra and Walter Overbey (top) First Kirby snow of winter (bottom)