PROUD TO BE OKIES FROM OKAY

The Lady Mustangs volleyball team from Okay, Oklahoma, made this MeMe and Gramps proud last week when they showed, "championship caliber class" at their game with Metro Christian. Our grand daughter Lindsey Allen plays for the Lady Mustangs. They mourned with the girls on the opposing team by wearing the number 7 on their arms in honor of Laura Lester who was killed along with her parents and a sister in an airplane accident a week before the game. They also presented the opposing team a bouquet of flowers and a sympathy card to let them know that they appreciated that they took "time out of their healing" as quoted by Coach Clark, to play the Okay Lady Mustangs in their scheduled game. Coach Clark of the Lady Mustangs said that they might be competitors on the court but we are all humans and the girls all needed to come together at that time, showing love and sympathy for the girls on the Metro Christian team because of the loss of their teammate and friend.Lindsey has always showed love and compassion for people. We are proud of her and her teammates for showering the entire team and coaching staff of Metro Christian with the sympathetic gestures that they did. I'm sure it was a shock to that team to be honored in such a way, honoring Laura Lester's prior contribution to her team on the event of her death.Metro Christian's school is sixty miles from Okay, but I know they will always remember the heartfelt compassion that the Okay, Oklahoma, Lady Mustang volleyball team showed to them at the time of their mourning. I am so proud of Lindsey and her team. They made it known that competition took a back seat to love and compassion when they proved themselves to the community as girls with sterling character. Now that's what I call true class.Lindsey, the entire team of Lady Mustangs and Coach Clark proved that the attitudes of true athletes is in the respectful and caring way they treat their opponents.We are so proud of them for showing maturity beyond their years and character that their parents and grandparents will crow about for years.
Congratulations, Lady Mustangs, you proved yourselves to be real ladies.