My Great Aunt Darlene turned 80 years old this year.
Has she taken up knitting and grabbing the shuttle to Casino Arizona with her buddies? No, she has not. Instead she hopped on an international flight looking for adventure.
This spring Darlene spent 12 weeks in Costa Rica with a volunteer organization, living in a dorm with people 1/4 her age, teaching and loving less fortunate children.
I could go on and on about how proud I am to be related to such a strong, accomplished and sweet lady. But I cannot tell her story for her.
For more information on her adventure in Costa Rica, please visit her article here; and for a narrated slideshow of pictures, click here.
More articles and information will be coming out soon, so check back here again and I will post updates as they come. It’s a great personal story of spirit over age, and will hopefully inspire others to overcome their fears and reach out a hand of help themselves.
Darlene with Az. Congressman J. D. Hayworth in Washington, D.C. 2006
truly awesome. truly inspirational.