Second time is just as sweet for the Wilsons at Eagle’s Trace
Jack and Marion Wilson may be new residents of Eagle’s Trace, an Erickson Senior Living community located in west Houston, but this is not their first introduction to the community’s vibrant lifestyle.
Marion eagerly joined the priority list at Eagle’s Trace in 2004 while the community was still under construction. She attended the grand opening in 2005 and remembers details vividly from the celebration.
“It was quite a party,” says Marion, who was living in the Copperfield area at the time.
Independently of Marion’s experience, Jack was also living in Copperfield when he decided to move to Eagle’s Trace in January 2007. He chose an apartment home on the first floor of the Redbud Crossing residence building.
“I made some good friends,” said Jack. But he made one other significant connection eight months after he moved to Eagle’s Trace.
“I attended several programs through the Lone Star College’s Academy for Lifelong Learning at the Cy-Fair campus,” said Jack. “I signed up for a day trip to Caldwell, to attend the Kolache Festival.”
Marion, who also attended programs though the Academy, was on the trip.
“I knew of him through others in the Lifelong Learning group, but that was the first time we met,” she said. Jack eventually asked her out for coffee.
“One thing led to another,” said Jack. “I had a group of friends at Eagle’s Trace who would regularly meet for a glass of wine before dinner in each other’s apartments. On the evening Marion and I got engaged, our wine group celebrated with an impromptu party.”
The couple was married on Nov. 30, 2007. Jack then left his apartment at Eagle’s Trace, and they settled in Marion’s house.
“It was a fairly easy decision, in some ways, deciding what we should do,” said Marion. “Jack’s daughter and grandchildren lived in the Copperfield-Cypress area, as did my daughter, grandchildren, and my mother. Three generations got to share birthdays, holidays, weekends, and other special times. My circle felt like it had come together.”
The couple then moved to 55-plus neighborhood near the Lone Star College Cy-Fair campus.
“We lived there for 13 years,” said Marion. “By 2020, we were ready for a new chapter.”
The couple’s timing coincided with the construction of a new residence building at Eagle’s Trace called Austin Square.
The couple explored other communities, but kept coming back to Eagle’s Trace.
“The people I’d met when I lived at Eagle’s Trace the first time were happy, and the staff was friendly and really helpful,” said Jack. “There was a sense of ease coming back to Eagle’s Trace.”
The couple moved into their two-bedroom, 2½-bath Sweetwater-style apartment home in Austin Square in April 2021.
“Jack and Marion’s experience is unique,” said sales counselor Jodie Schroeder, who worked with the couple to find the ideal apartment home. “It’s a wonderful story of coming full circle.”
Now settled in their new apartment home, Jack and Marion are enjoying all the perks of the Eagle’s Trace lifestyle.
“I don’t miss yardwork, cleaning out gutters, and all the other chores,” said Marion.
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