Hail Cezar: San Diego Sheriff’s K-9 Unit Visits

  Hail, Superstar Cezar!   San Diego Sheriff’s K-9 Unit   Visits   Mountain Shadows Outreach Services     by Sheryl Wilde   The San Diego Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, with sirens blaring, was in hot pursuit of three armed suspects following a robbery at a 7-Eleven in Lakeside.  It was a dogged chase, with the…

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Catalent Cares about Mountain Shadows

  BINGO!!!   Our Numbers are a Winning Love Combination with  Catalent Cares   by Sheryl Wilde   Mountain Shadows celebrates a decade-long partnership with Catalent San Diego this year.   Catalent San Diego, Inc. is a premier pharmaceutical chemistry development and manufacturing organization supporting the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Catalent’s San Diego facility focuses…

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Easter Party 2024

  Spring is nature’s way of saying:   “Let’s Party!!!” ~ Robin Williams   And we did…   Spring Bunny visits MSCH – San Diego.   While our parties may, on the surface, look a bit different, they are filled with love.  And, in the case of our Spring Celebration at MSCH-San Diego, they were…

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MSOS St. Patrick’s Day

  At the End of the Rainbow: St. Patrick’s Day at Mountain Shadows     Mountain Shadows Outreach Services and MSCH – San Diego celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a bit ‘o mischief and mayhem.     Residents participated in the wearing of the green and enjoyed playing holiday-themed games.     Shamrocks and leprechauns…

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Riverside Spa Day

    Indulge, Relax, Repeat!     A Riverside Spa Day . . .   Thanks to YOU!       by Sheryl Wilde   Ahhhhhhhhh …   It was a Calgon Take Me Away Day in Riverside recently, thanks to YOU, our Mountain Shadows family, and the Polish Me Pretty company. Thanks to YOUR…

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Cecilia Bello

    Cecilia Bello:   Footsteps Followed     by Sheryl Wilde   Cecilia Bello, new Director of Ancillary Services, remembers her father lovingly, “My dad passed away about ten years ago from colon cancer.    “Both my father and mother came from a small village in Mexico.  My dad was indigenous.  He spoke a…

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Welcome Eve!

    All About Eve:   Magic Wands & Wishes       by Sheryl Wilde   New Crepe Myrtle house resident, Eve, peered into the iPad camera and asked, “What would you like to learn from me today?”   During our interview with Eve, we learned about many things – about magic, love, life,…

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Arlene: Director of Operations

    Arlene Galvan:   Helping to Rewrite the Stars       “What if it’s already in the stars?  You can’t change fate.”   “Then we’ll rewrite the stars.“   ~The Greatest Showman P.T. Barnum, Barnum & Bailey Circus     Arlene Galvan,  Director of Operations, Mountain Shadows Support Group   Arlene Galvan: Helping…

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A Willow House Adventure at Knott’s Berry Farm

  Life Beyond the Caricature   A Willow House Adventure at Knott’s Berry Farm   By Sheryl Wilde   In literature, caricatures portray simple, one dimensional characters. They generalize about an individual or group of people using stereotypical characteristics, while not considering the complexities inherent in each human life.   In art, caricature is a…

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