Coming Home On October 25, 2025, I spent a wonderful and wonder-filled evening reliving my childhood at the Market Street Bed & Breakfast, formerly the "Old Ladies' Home" in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The Old Ladies' Home where I spent most of my childhood between the ages of three and fifteen tending to and entertaining the residents with my grandmother who was matron of the home. A Home with a Long Memory Built in 1881 by George and Barbara Pfau, the grand Second Empire mansion at 330 W. Market Street began its life as a stately private residence before becoming the Old…

It's amazing how tiny moments can last a lifetime. Simple, seemingly insignificant moments that become monumental as we age. Monumental in that these tiny moments help to form the person a child will become. And so it was, a tiny moment for a tiny child that became a monumental, life-changing moment. My grandmother was a matron of what was named "The Old Ladies' Home" in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The Old Ladies' Home was a beautiful 1881 three-story Second Empire Mansard style mansion, now a popular bed and breakfast facing the Ohio River. As matron, she managed the home, caring for approximately…