Princess Ethel Roberts

This story is so sweet that I just had to share! My mom is the Director of a Living Center in a tiny town in SC. She's always coming up with and supporting non-traditional activities that you won't find at some nursing homes. Like bringing in animals to live with residents, going to local baseball games, and planting vegetable gardens. She brought in an art therapist and then had an art auction so the residents could sale their original artwork. (I have a colorful print of a palmetto tree hanging in my room that one resident painted.) They even took a group to the beach last year as reported in the local newspaper. My mom, and the lovely folks that she works with are dedicated to making their resident's last stage of life as enjoyable and special as possible.

Which brings me to the latest event: the Ms. Willow Creek beauty pageant! My mom supplied most of the formal dresses since we have so many from proms, formals, and her own community theater performances. This particular dress was my prom dress junior year. And I can't think of any better use for it!!!

A little blurb about this pretty lady from my mom:

"Mrs. Ethel Roberts is a resident at Willow Creek Living Center in Iva, SC. She has endeared herself to the staff and residents since coming here a year ago. We have placed a quote by Mrs. Roberts on our wall as an inspiration to the work we do. The quote is "Good, better, best and may we never rest until the good is better and the better is best". When she was getting ready for the pageant she told us that she felt like a princess. Oh how I wish I could be this beautiful when I am 97."

This proves that we're NEVER to old to be a princess!