Robin Shreiber
Robin Shreiber (right) pictured with Ace Burpee, 2019 Angel Squad
An Angel Above
Submitted by Robin Shreiber
My father, Al Wilner, was a resident of Misericordia Interim Care and then Misericordia Place for a total of five years and during that time, I used to see the Misericordia Angel Squad from a different side. Every year from 2012 to 2017, we would show my Dad the Misericordia Angel Squad as they were being interviewed on television and from the articles and pictures written about them in the newspapers.
My Dad was always so excited to see the Misericordia Angels as he could recognize and name many of them because he was lucky enough and we, his family, were lucky enough to get to know many of the Misericordia Angels personally.
After a lifetime of being and feeling strong and independent as a husband, father of seven children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild, a degenerative spine necessitated my father’s move from the home he had shared with my mother, Sara, for more than 45 years, to Misericordia Interim Care and then Misericordia Place to live those next five years in a wheelchair no longer able to walk.
However, there is no question that Misericordia Recreation Services Programs gave my Dad new meaning to his life, a redefinition of self and a renewed focus, and added so much enjoyment and quality of his life, which he enjoyed sharing with family and others. The Misericordia Recreation Services Programs literally extended his life!
My father Al passed away in June 2017 and when I was asked in 2019 by Caroline DeKeyster, Misericordia Health Centre President and CEO, if I would like to be one of the Misericordia Angels, I knew only one answer and I know that my Dad is also on the Misericordia Angel Squad standing right beside me saying, “I sure recognize that Misericordia Angel!”
The value and importance of Misericordia’s recreation activities and the Misericordia Angel Squad cannot be emphasized enough. Our father’s friends and our family have all donated to Misericordia. My father himself donated to Misericordia Recreation Services.
Please donate to support and continue the outstanding, life-affirming work of the Misericordia Angel Squad and the Misericordia Health Centre.
Click here to donate today
Submitted by Robin Shreiber
My father, Al Wilner, was a resident of Misericordia Interim Care and then Misericordia Place for a total of five years and during that time, I used to see the Misericordia Angel Squad from a different side. Every year from 2012 to 2017, we would show my Dad the Misericordia Angel Squad as they were being interviewed on television and from the articles and pictures written about them in the newspapers.
My Dad was always so excited to see the Misericordia Angels as he could recognize and name many of them because he was lucky enough and we, his family, were lucky enough to get to know many of the Misericordia Angels personally.
After a lifetime of being and feeling strong and independent as a husband, father of seven children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild, a degenerative spine necessitated my father’s move from the home he had shared with my mother, Sara, for more than 45 years, to Misericordia Interim Care and then Misericordia Place to live those next five years in a wheelchair no longer able to walk.
However, there is no question that Misericordia Recreation Services Programs gave my Dad new meaning to his life, a redefinition of self and a renewed focus, and added so much enjoyment and quality of his life, which he enjoyed sharing with family and others. The Misericordia Recreation Services Programs literally extended his life!
My father Al passed away in June 2017 and when I was asked in 2019 by Caroline DeKeyster, Misericordia Health Centre President and CEO, if I would like to be one of the Misericordia Angels, I knew only one answer and I know that my Dad is also on the Misericordia Angel Squad standing right beside me saying, “I sure recognize that Misericordia Angel!”
The value and importance of Misericordia’s recreation activities and the Misericordia Angel Squad cannot be emphasized enough. Our father’s friends and our family have all donated to Misericordia. My father himself donated to Misericordia Recreation Services.
Please donate to support and continue the outstanding, life-affirming work of the Misericordia Angel Squad and the Misericordia Health Centre.
Click here to donate today
