by Mitch Albom | Jan 19, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
She was born just a few years after the Wright brothers invented the airplane. She was a baby when the Titanic sailed in 1912. She was a schoolgirl during World War I and a grown woman by the time the stock market crashed in 1929.Her husband fought in a segregated...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Dec 27, 2012 | News
Dear Friends,I couldn’t let this year end without writing to you to share my gratitude for such an extraordinary year. You have been loyal fans, generous supporters, and truly good friends.Thank you for embracing The Time Keeper–publishing a new book is always...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Apr 4, 2012 | News
The smell of fresh-baked cookies filled the air this afternoon as Texana Hollis, the 101-year old woman who was evicted last fall, finally returned to her home of sixty years. The house had received a complete makeover after the HUD had deemed the conditions...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 1, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
This week, she will make cookies in a brand-new kitchen.This week, she will sit in a brightly painted living room.This week, she gets her house back.She never should have lost it.After 101 years on this Earth, Texana Hollis deserved better than to watch from the...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Mar 14, 2012 | News
Today, the home of 101-year-old Detroit resident Texana Hollis was returned to her, and will be in better shape than ever after a home makeover from Mitch Albom and Say Detroit. Hollis was moved to tears during the ceremony, proclaiming that this was the...
