by Camille Mayle | May 23, 2023 | Daily Life, Newsletters, Stories
Have you ever considered what makes you feel you are part of a positive and healthy community? How do you know that you are valued by others around you? When do you experience feelings of belonging? Maybe it’s when you have something to get out of bed for every...
by Camille Mayle | Mar 20, 2023 | Community Partnerships, Daily Life, Stories
A shared concern brought them together. A commitment to their loved ones drove them to action. A mutual vision of creating a real and meaningful community for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Nashville brought Friends Life Community to...
by Camille Mayle | Mar 14, 2023 | Daily Life, Social Club
Imagine there is a single factor that can reduce many significant health problems, including depression, high blood pressure, and an unhealthy body mass index (BMI). Now imagine there is data to show that adults in the United States have experienced a steady decline...
by Lauren Zook | Dec 16, 2021 | Daily Life, Family Resources, Life Skills
By: Lauren B. Zook I often think about a tour I gave a few years ago to a local developer. Upon his arrival to the FLC house he was happily greeted by the Friends as soon as he got to the door. As we walked through the building, I explained how the Friends were...
by Camille Mayle | Mar 18, 2021 | Daily Life, Life Skills, Uncategorized
By Taylor Wigginton, FLC Client and Family Experience Coordinator It is common for adults with disabilities to have a limited diet, lacking a variety of nutrients necessary for the body’s systems to work well. One of our favorite phrases in cooking and nutrition...
by Lauren Zook | May 29, 2020 | Daily Life, Stories
By: Waverly Ann Harris 1) “What We Are Made Of” 2) “Keep Calm and Go with the Flow” 3) “You Are All Heroes to Me” In 2018, ten of the Friends wrote a play called, “What We Are Made Of” and performed it live as a traveling theatre troupe called Tandem Troupe. In...
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