Lady-Links: Memorial Day Memories

Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays provide opportunities for celebrating our great country with our dear friends.  Making crafts or decorations with a red, white, and blue color theme along with stars and stripes helps us get into the spirit!

As we complete the crafts and decorations, we talk about how we celebrated these special days as children.  Fond memories of picnics and displaying flags are common in our conversations along with describing dressing in red, white and blue clothing.  Some of us remember special red or blue bows or barrettes our mothers put in our hair.  Some remember attending parades and other festivities.

Most of our dear friends are unable to attend parades or picnics any more, so our visits are a way to help them engage in celebrating our country and our military in ways in which they can be an active participant.  Since we give the completed crafts to the assisted living and memory care units in our community, our dear friends feel they are helping others in their celebration of these special days.

Lady-Links….linking love, laughter and patriotism as we celebrate living in America!