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250 Calle Esperanza, Santa Barbara, CA 93105  805.886.6348

Our work with EverTrue (formerly Lutheran Senior Services) completed at the end of October 2025.  I was able to work with this organization on the future strategic plan development of eleven of their twelve life plan communities in Missouri, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. I am so fortunate, in my experience, to have worked with one of the most professional Senior Living companies in our industry.

 

We continue to look for opportunities to share our expertise as a consultant of thirty-five plus years.  I am not yet fully prepared to retire as the work is fulfilling and allows me to continue to be of service for older people and communities. It is work that I consider productive of value and engaging.

 

We were fortunate to spend spring break with two of our grandchildren and their parents. Stevie, Sampsen, Brett, and Maris flew from South Florida to Los Angeles.  It was a whirlwind as two of them went skiing and the following day they all went to Universal Studios. My daughter, Hillary, moved to Denver from San Diego and continues to be the human resource director for a law firm that numbers 530 with offices in eight states. My son, Joshua, his wife, Laura, and Millie Joy, our five-year-old granddaughter, moved to Santa Barbara from Berkeley and live a brisk ten-minute walk from our house. All our children and grandchildren are doing well.  We are blessed.

 

This coming fall Janet and I will be traveling to France.  Janet’s son, Jarrad Paul, will be an actor in the upcoming season four of White Lotus. This should be a fun experience to be there for several days while the show is being filmed.  We will likely spend some time in a few other locations in Europe before returning home. Also quite newsworthy is that Jarrad’s show Free Bert on Netflix has been picked up for a second season.  It stars Bert Kreischer, a comedian.  The first season was a huge success in 39 countries and was one of the top ten shows on Netflix for nearly three weeks.  Jarrad, along with his writing partner Andy Mogul, created the show with Bert, and then wrote the show and directed it.

These are challenging times in our world, and we need to make the best of it not only for ourselves but for those we encounter. As our precocious granddaughter said to me, “if you do your best, that is all that we can do”.

 

May your Spring and Summer be filled with good works, some adventure, happiness, and good health.

 

 

 

With best wishes,

 

Edward Steinfeldt

Spring | Summer 2026