I think one of the shifts in growing older is that you begin to consider your own mortality to a greater degree, and spend more time pondering what really matters. I know I am working on spending less time on the minutiae and more time on the essentials. I also admire those elders who are still rocking it into their latter years and who appear to not really give it much thought.
This week’s Feel-Good Friday, from Nate Eaton of East Idaho News, celebrates one special centenarian who pours his time, energy, and focus into the people around him at his local senior center.
Lewis Eaker was born in 1924, when Calvin Coolidge was president.
In 1943, in the midst of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy.
Eaker talked about his time in the military and told anecdotes, but he had something else to say.
“One thing I wanted to say after all about my time in the Navy was some anecdotes. One…
