The word transition is a noun that means the process or period of changing from one state or condition to another.
Shelley Wiggins knows a thing or two about transition herself. As a Walker Methodist Place resident, she’s transitioned a lot in her lifetime. From the sunny state of California where she was a Methodist minister’s wife, to the crisp state of Minnesota and its memorable winters. From the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, to her current home at Walker Place where the two of them moved in 2010 when Chuck’s Parkinson’s disease required a change in daily life.
Shelley shares what it’s like to transition as a parent of two daughters into an empty-nester. And she shares what it’s like to transition to the title of widow after the love of her life died in 2013.
“So that was our life,” Shelley says in the bright, well-lit living room in her home at Walker Place, recounting her stories and how she came to call Walker Methodist home.
I told Shelley that her life sounded pretty remarkable.
She was the first to admonish the phrase. "Well, it wasn't remarkable, but it was friendly, and it was busy,” she says, a smile on her face. She adds, “Nobody ever told me that anything I did was remarkable. I'm going to remember that.”
So here it is: the story of the remarkable life of Shelley Wiggins.
