Each week I have been able to talk to different people and hear their different stories about their lives at twenty. At the Gary and Mary West Senior Center, I was able to have conversations with two people. The first person did not know about the LEG and was ushered in by her friend to participate in the LEG. She came to the senior center to drop off a letter, but she was glad that she chose today to drop off her letter. She explained how she has not had much interaction with younger people since her children grew up and started living their own lives. She was not much of a story teller, but she enjoys the Q and A question types. So, I asked her different questions about herself, family, and experiences. I got to learn more about her likes and dislikes. Her favorite memories revolved around her family. She may not be around her family, but she has found a family at the center. She described all her friendships at the center and her involvement in the choir. She expressed how she likes how the center have these collaborations with us and will be looking forward to futures events with us. The second person I talked to came late to the LEG, when there was about thirty minutes left, but we made the best of the time we had left. She explained how this was an event that she was really looking forward to, and that she even was missing the first lunch to be here. I can tell that she really wanted to be there and just wanted to talk, so we let her talk the whole time. She told us about her journey as an aspiring writer and her traveling stories. I was able to have two different conversation experiences, which shows that some people need these intergenerational conversations with people, and I truly happy that I am able to be in class that allows me to have these conversations and connections with people.
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June 2019
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