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The mission of Senior Link magazine is to honor local senior citizens for the express
purpose of inspiring, challenging, and connecting to or “linking” with younger the
generations. With that in mind, we seek out a few high school seniors every spring
and ask them to choose a “senior” who has positively impacted their lives. Senior publisher
Link believes in this so strongly that each student receives a $100 stipend for their
contribution. Many choose grandparents or another relative. Some opt to tell the
story of a coach, a teacher, a pastor, or a neighbor.

We can be influenced by anyone –
positively or negatively. We can choose
how much or how little the life of another
person can affect us. In this issue, we have
chosen to blur the lines a bit because a
few of our young authors decided to write
about people just a few years older than
themselves. It is encouraging to us that
these young people, just on the brink of
adulthood, are willing to pay attention to
the virtues they see in others, no matter
the age.

But we also know that every birthday
comes with an invisible gift of wisdom
gleaned from the previous 365-day trip
around the sun. Some people are naturals
at opening those gifts, benefitting from
them and sharing the blessing with others.
We were honored to have three “senior
seniors” write their counsel for the 2020
high school graduates. We regret that we didn’t have space to print their entire essays, but you can read them
online at amarilloseniorlink.com. They contain the priceless wisdom that comes from experience. And, no matter
our age, the opportunity to learn from others is always available. As a dear friend once told me, “You’re not
going to live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself.”

So, we pay attention to each other. We listen. We learn. We are challenged and inspired. We hope you, our
readers, can extract a little something from these pages that will make you wiser, too.

We’d like to thank our sponsors and advertisers, some of whom have written helpful resource articles that can
equip you with even more information. And we want to express our appreciation to J’s Resturaunt for hosting a
gracious reception celebrating our 2020 graduates as well as their honorees.
Erin Agee

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Thank you to those who have written in this edition, for sharing your knowledge

this magazine a reality. Without all of you this would not be possible.

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