Grandfriends!

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Children’s voices in our community are a welcome sound.  Today, Grandfriends were here.  Melissa, on our activities team, was ready with a flat snow globe craft for the kids and the Grandfolks to work on together.  This group of homeschooled children has been coming here since our 4-H farm and tractor show that was held in the summer.  Megan Miller and Jessica Manning are two of the mothers working with our activities team to coordinate these monthly visits.  Last month they helped us build gingerbread houses.  Megan said, “what’s not to love about working with sprinkles and now glitter!”  She said the kids look forward to coming here.  She has a child who is on the shy side and this experience has helped her blossom and to become more confident as she interacts with our residents.  The smiles on our resident’s faces speak volumes.  It is a win-win for both generations.  The children’s ages range from 4 years to 17 years old.  This is a gem of an activity brought to Clark Meadwos by our team of caring recreation planners.

The True Meaning of Christmas

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Since the beginning of December, so much has happened at Clark Meadows.  It was hard to keep up with our activity’s coordinator and her team.  They planned so many wonderful activities and events.  The magic of the holidays was brought to Clark Meadows in a special way this year with this new team of creative energy.  We have our fun traditions at Clark Meadows, but every year there are moments created that make each year memorable.  It is a time where we do miss those who aren’t with us anymore, but with the help of our activities team we created a lot of busyness, but most importantly joy.  Before we knew it, it was Christmas Eve.   On December 24th some of us gathered for a candlelight service. Residents from Clark Meadows and Ferris Hills participated with readings and musical performances.  We turned on our battery-operated candles as we sang the closing hymn, Silent Night.  It reminded me of candlelight services I attended as a child, but this one was different.  This community touches me as I’m sure it does many of our staff.  The kindness, beauty, and truth that we experience from our elderly give us courage to face life cheerfully.  It is a privilege to work here and participate in the daily lives of our residents.  I took that candle with me that night and it lighted my way home. 

Gingerbread Houses!

That time for eager creativity has arrived and today local homeschoolers came to help us decorate these adorable houses.

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Gingerbread houses are a delightful holiday tradition that brings people of all ages together.  The sound of children's voices in our community is always a welcome sound.

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Butterfly Release

Butterfly Release

We held a beautiful remembrance service for our residents and our loved ones lost. 

50 individual butterflies were released to honor those who have passed, but why butterflies?  Why not bubbles, balloons or planting a tree?  The butterfly’s journey through life is a perfect metaphor for our own spiritual journey, full of birth, life, death and transformation.  There is something special about them that inspires us, we smile when we see one.  They remind us that things are ever changing and there is beauty in that change.

According to an American Indian Legend, if anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it.

Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly cannot reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all.

In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish.

Others say that you can whisper ‘I love you’ to a butterfly and it will fly to heaven to deliver you message.

Those of you who released a butterfly donated to Family Promise of Ontario County, a not for profit charity that help low income families in Canandaigua.

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