Mother’s Day was certainly different this year. So many lifelong traditions of huge family gatherings to honor Mom were broken thanks to “The Rona”. We tried to make it as festive as we could at Prairie Pointe. Friday, staff and residents dressed up in rolled up jeans and white shirts and harked back to “Happy Days.”
The dining room was decorated like a 50’s diner with records hung from the ceiling and lunch served on red and white checkered plates.
Also, the room was filled with the wonderful fragrance of all the Mother’s Day flowers which had been delivered to Prairie Pointe. A special bouquet for all the ladies was special delivered by Mike Spears. Hamburgers and Root Beer Floats were enjoyed while sock hop dance or soda shop jukebox hits of the 50’s and 60’s played in the background. Gifts for each mom included a straw hat, colorful scarf, lotion and pedicure set. It was a good time!
Our Mother’s Day celebration just happened to coincide with Wirt Trawick’s 90th birthday. Daughter Lyn Martin provided a cake and Wirt made a wish and blew out all 2 candles.
National Nurses Week kicked off on Wednesday May 6 and ended on Tuesday May 12, on would have been nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. At this time, all healthcare workers are deserving of recognition.
Administrator and Director of Nursing, Lisa Gordon, provided appreciation gifts to Prairie Pointe staff. A drawing was held for one special gift which was won by Sherry Bales. Staff also surprised Lisa with a huge gift basket in appreciation of her leadership and hard work.
Mother’s Day church services were held Sunday. Wirt Trawick offered the history of Mother’s Day and read from Psalm 31, hymns were sung to recorded music and Phil Johnson gave the closing prayer.
Mother’s Day in America was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis of West Virginia helped start “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to teach local women how to properly care for children. These clubs later became a unifying force in a region of the country still divided over the Civil War. In 1868 Jarvis organized “Mothers’ Friendship Day,” at which mothers gathered with former Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation.
The rocks have been delivered, the pond and pumping equipment has arrived, the underground utilities are marked and Alfie Gordon is ready to do the heavy lifting in our backyard to transform all this into a serene water feature. Now if the weather would cooperate!
Over 30 years ago, thanks to the efforts of then Senator David Boren, a group of business and community leaders came together to improve public education and celebrate the successes of outstanding students and teachers. The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence was established and since 1987 has provided nearly $5,000,000 in scholarships for Academic All-Staters and educators. This year, we have a Lincoln County recipient of this award. Her name is Madison Grace Eulberg from Meeker High School.
She is a licensed commercial drone pilot, class valedictorian, the top preengineering student at Gordon Cooper Technology Center and plans to study electrical engineering at OSU.
Madison is not the first nor the last Lincoln County student who will receive this award. Congratulations to Madison and to all our Lincoln County seniors. These young people are our future and the future looks bright!
Alan Mauldin shared a hilarious video with me today. It’s of a horse race where all of the horses’ names are related to the pandemic: And they’re off! Corona Virus, Wuhan Style Lockdown, Global Pandemic, Flatten the Curve, Just a Little Flu, Trusty Experts, Dr. Fauci, Stimulus Plan, PPE, Economic Shutdown, Open by Easter, My Bank Account, Toilet Paper, Cure Worse than the Disease, Social Distancing, Cabin Fever and Daily Briefings. Look it up on YouTube under “Corona virus horse race.” Thanks Alan. It was a much needed laugh.