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oklahomasong_Gail posted an update Sunday, Jan 19, 2014, 4:40pm EST, 11 years, 8 months ago
As far as my little friend, she's one of the ladies that I take to the doctor in Tulsa and try to help out. Vinita's main industry for decades was the Eastern State Mental Institution. The Department of Corrections took it over and there are only about 24 beds for the criminally insane. http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Vinta_State_Hospital But back when they released most of the patients there was no where for them to go. Many had no families and other difficulties...so anyway, our town was the stopping point. We now have a lot of group homes but basically it's all fairly inadequate to give care for so many who need it. My little friend is is poor physical/mental health and we believe a very new policeman was not aware she was part of what the community refers to as "street people". If there is a problem with someone getting agitated or causing a disturbance, usually the police will just help take them home. As it was, with her being put in jail overnight they wouldn't give her the medications she needs and she was a basket case by last night. Luckily all is well now. The bondsman was able to get her out and we got her home. Talked with her at noon and she's doing much better. Her grown son is watching over her too. She has good days and rocky days. So she just needs a helping hand now and then. All's well that ends well.
@wjweese WENDY ... love your trivet! And I certainly could empathize with the stop/start/stop/start "this is going to be too hard" routine. Amazing how if we just plow though we look back and say, hey, that wasn't so bad after all. I must go find a new project now.
@shellyrae37 SHELLY ... I want to make the gingerbread house for my grandkids, but that one is for a silent auction for some big 22-county Home Extension thing a friend belongs to. Don't know how well a Christmas item will go over this time of year, but I had been dying to make it so it was a good excuse. Couldn't find an Easter Pattern to try instead. Will have to go search the web and see what I can come up with.
Well, I'm sleepy and feel a nap coming on. 🙂