Mon, 04/12/2021 - 2:15pm
From left: Lorrie Winslow, Executive Director of The Lincoln Home; Stephanie McSherry, The Merry Barn; Gina Rose Halpren and Jean Nuss, residents; Kacie Gallant, Director of Community Life at The Lincoln Home. Photo: Kimberly Traina
Stephanie Noyes McSherry, founder of Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat & Educational Consulting, has been working with residents at The Lincoln Home helping them engage in writing and sharing stories, adventures and memories from their lives. The group, who have met weekly since the fall, look forward to their time together.
Stephanie inspires creativity through story reading, sharing of quotes, words of encouragement, personal observations and prompts. She has helped the group think about events, both life changing and ordinary, that have impacted their lives. Over time, the participants have become much closer through their sharing of stories, poems, collages, laughter and trust.