Hey Ya’ll, it’s wren Robbins and welcome to the podcast! I’m excited to share my guest, Isabel’s story with you today.

Isabel is a wife, mom to three and enjoyed the gift of growing up in a intergenerational Chinese American household. She was able to spend her life growing up with her other two sisters, her parents, and her grandparents under the same roof. Her grandparents lived to the ages of 98 and 102.

Professionally Isabel has over 13 years of experience working at reputable healthcare organizations in the senior living and hospice care field. She holds a Master in Public Health from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of “The Value of Wrinkles” A Young Perspective on How Loving the Old Will Change Your Life.

Isabel’s family immigrated from Hong Kong and Isabel said this about her grandparents, “they offered me an additional layer of love and attention.”

I loved our conversation today, so here we go!

SHOW NOTES: 

Quotes from the episode:

“Even though I never got the attention or recognition of being a pretty girl or even somebody who is exceptionally smart.I look back and realize I knew I was loved…and that’s what my grandparents did.”

“I benefitted from things my parents did to serve their parents.”

“We, as younger people have to see that they bring value and then we have to remind the older people in our lives that they bring value.”

“I see in a lot of older people is the common fear that they don’t want to be a burden.”

“Offering to help is a strong signal that somebody cares for them.”

“The older generation don’t want to be a burden.”

EAT READ LOVE 

What Isabel is Eating: ice cream

What Isabel is Reading: Bible;Read Aloud Books with kids

What Isabel is Loving: Kids 

Connect with Isabel

Facebook: Isabel Tom

Instagram: Isabel Tom

Web site: isabeltom.com

Thank you for joining me for this conversation today with Isabel Tom.  I would love to know if you listened!   Screen shot of this episode, tag Isabel and me, I would love to give you a shoutout on Instagram!

Next time I will be talking with Deborah Peagues and I have been looking forward to talking with Deborah ever since I heard her on Focus on the Family podcast a few years back! 

Until next time, Remember, we are all friends of a feather so let’s stick together! 

 I would love to know if you listened to this episode! Tag me and Isabel on Instagram and I will give you a shoutout on Insta-stories!