Beverly Freedman, 85
North Miami Beach
retired
Upside down: I've been standing on my head every morning since I was a teenager, and I taught my family this exercise. The benefit? I have no idea. It's just one of the things I do.
All that racquet: I like to play tennis every day. I used to be a team captain. Now I just play doubles and some golf. I also walk as much as I can.
By heart: I love poetry and I have memorized many poems, the last being the complete Thomas Gray's Elegy, 116 lines, which I recently recited during a seminar at Barry University. I memorized it during my walks. It took me about a year.
Shuffle, deal: My most favorite of all activities is playing bridge with my amazing husband David. We cherish every day we have with each other.
Full house: We have two terrific children with wonderful spouses, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. (We had three children, but my oldest son was killed in an accident.)
Sharing, caring: We owned bakeries in Boston, and for 18 years we went to Third World countries to teach bakery methods. Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Costa Rica and Kenya are just a few of the places we visited. We set up bakeries in 20 cities outside Nairobi. I taught English in most of the countries because the men did not like to have women involved in their businesses.
Bean town: We don't travel too much anymore, although we go back and forth to Boston, where we have family. Now, we stay put and enjoy the beautiful, sunny Florida.
Lending a hand: Most important to my heart, I'm president of the Miami Chapter of the Alyn Hospital of Jerusalem for disabled children. It treats Jewish and Arab children, many who have been hurt by terrorist bombers. I'm working on a bingo party to raise money for hospital.
