A gift to the President

When President Donald Trump was elected to office nearly two years ago, he was the answer to one Green River resident's prayers.

"We needed a President who would shake the country up and get us on our feet," Barbara Kerns said. "(I) prayed for him to win because he's good with business and we need the businesses to come back."

His election inspired Kerns to create a special wedding sampler cross stitch project she recently completed and sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A wedding sampler is a type of cross stitch featuring the names of the people married, decorated with designs of hearts, flowers and other imagery.

Kerns said she's done the samplers before, but only for family members as they take a tremendous amount of time to complete.

Kerns said her wedding sampler for President Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania, took more than 100 hours to finish.

Kerns said she picked up the art in 1986 while working as a sheriff's deputy in Louisiana. She said women in the area she worked at did cross stitching all the time.

She learned the art of making wedding samplers from them. She said she has to start at the center of her sampler and work her way up and down, constantly keeping the number of stitches in mind as she works. One misstep could cost hours of work.

Kerns said she hopes to receive a thank-you note from the Trumps when they receive the sampler.

Kerns also has hope for the slight chance the President will invite her and her husband to Washington, D.C.

Regardless, Kern's project is a gift of thanks and support to a man who she believes can make America great again.