Sam and Jill Hershfield:  

2011: We are so lucky. Who'd have thought we'd be together at 66 years old? Going steady, almost 50 years ago at Manatee High, I don't think we KNEW anyone that old. But each year gets better and better. We now have settled down to a life of spending 6 months at our condo downtown on the Manatee River and 6 months in our wonderful cozy log cabin on a tiny lake in Hendersonville, NC. We have a constant stream of family and friends visiting. Almost 40 came up to the cabin last summer. We love seeing everyone and showing them around Western NC. While in Bradenton we volunteer for local non-profits like Realize Bradenton, an organization that is actually helping downtown Bradenton achieve its rightful place as one of the most unique and desirable destinations for arts, culture and heritage in Florida. Jill is treasurer in the American Association of University Women as well as our condo owner's board. She also is active in her sorority Chi Omega. Up at the cabin, we totally relax and watch the ducks, geese, squirrels, chipmunks, bream, bass, carp and tons of songbirds as well as white turkeys, roosters and hens our neighbor keeps. It's quite a cacophonous menagerie in the mornings. As our children grow up (it's astounding to think they are now over two to three times older than we were at Manatee) our family grows....Expand for more