The Story of Their Lives, With a Twist.

What's your dream?

Everyone dreams, no matter what their age. But as our life progresses, sometimes we let go of even our fondest dreams. At Marquis, we say, don’t even think about letting go. We believe as long as there are still things you want to do, there’s always time to write a new chapter.

What follows are some stories we were privileged enough to help bring to the pages of some extraordinary people’s lives. From flying an airplane, to a hole-in-one, to hot air ballooning, these dreams were finally realized.

In the fall of 1995, Kay collapsed in her home. The 80-year-old widow had suffered a stroke. During the next several months, she relearned how to walk and talk. She learned how to write, feed herself and brush her teeth using her left hand because her right arm was paralyzed. Eventually, Kay made her home at Marquis Care at Centennial. There she got to know a lot of people, including Activities Director Susan Bowker.

When Susan learned of Kay’s dream she called Richard Ransome, the general manager at Riverside Golf and Country Club, where Kay used to regularly play. A few days later, 103 feet of drainage pipe lay on the fairway between the 17th tee and the 17th hole. A crowd of 75 friends, family and media gathered around as Kay parked her wheelchair in front of the tee. With a little help from Julie Miller, a teaching professional at Meriwether National Golf Club in Hillsboro, Kay gripped the driver and hit the ball into the pipe. Inside the pipe, the ball rolled down the fairway and popped out at the other end and dropped into the hole. Kay’s dream finally came true. “Wonderful,” said Kay as she beamed at everyone around her. “Why did it take so long for me to do it?”