Ask a young person what resilience looks like and you may hear about a dramatic comeback. Ask someone who has lived eighty years and you will hear about Tuesdays.

Showing up

Again and again, the seniors we meet describe resilience as ordinary persistence — going to work after a bad week, praying after a loss, cooking for the family when there was little to cook with.

What it leaves behind

A life built that way leaves something solid for the people who come after. That is a legacy worth recording, and it is why we do this.