b'WalshDON & MARILYNcottish Rite Hospital on WalshPhoto courtesy of Texas S Photo courtesy of Marilyn & DMarilyn & Don Walsh at ages 82 and 83, are forever on the gotraveling, working, and giving back to their community.Marilyn and Don Walsh dont sit still much, butrewarding and our staff is a family.when they do, its togetherperhaps on the highDon, who wanted to be a pilot since he was a tod-seas or across the globe. The two, at ages 82 and 83,dler, flew in the Air Force, the Milwaukee Air Re-are forever on the go. serve, and the New York Air National Guard. Now, She is originally a Michigander, and he is fromputting miles on the road, he remains young at heart California, but the Metroplex has been their hometraversing Texas and surrounding states, delivering since 1973. Here theyve built a beautiful blendedand picking up client vehicles.family of eight children, 13 grandchildren and eightI get to meet new people every time Im out and great-grandchildren. being out there gives me a purpose, a reason to get Re-tire, to this couple, means putting new wheelsup in the morning, said Don. Its all about being on their vehicles because they arent likely to stopbusy, doing with and for others, and remembering working anytime soon. Don is a former commer- to be thankful for those around you including the cial airlines pilot and is a customer support driverOne above.for Sewell Lexus, while Marilyn is the Victims As-sistance Program Director at the Counseling Place in Richardson. The couple, whose life is in synchro-ny, have a home away from home at the RichardsonITS ALL ABOUT BEING Symphony, where she is the past president of the Symphonys League and he is the chair of the annual Robert Burns Night. BUSY, DOING WITH The Counseling Place, which supports victims of crime who live in Richardson and some surround- AND FOR OTHERS, AND ing areas, provides professional counseling, educa-tionabout the criminal justice system and victimREMEMBERING TO BE rights, assistance with understanding and applying for crime victim compensation, and finding and ac-cessing additional social service agencies. THANKFUL FOR THOSE Im a people person, a problem solver, and after helping a friend escape a bad situation, I was in- AROUND YOUspired to help others, said Marilyn, who returned to school after raising her family, studying at UT-DON WALSHDallas. Sometimes the days are sad, but the work is GoodLifeFamilyMag.comMAY | JUNE 201937'