CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

“Pearl, you are closer to heaven,” said my granddaughter Lillie when I told her how old I was on my birthday March 13. Lillie is five but quite the philosopher. With those six words, she pretty much sums up the optimistic attitude I should have at this point in life.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor: On February 26, 2021, I read in your newspaper, Kid Scoop's weekly article directed toward the youth audience showcasing yoga. As a child in Texas Public Schools in the 1970's, I did not receive yoga training. Personally, I do not support any sort of yoga.

Faces & Places

“It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that had ebbed and flowed between the walls, into the walls, over the years.

The positive power of influencing others

A few weeks ago, we spoke of the power of influence and that we become the average of the five people we spend the most time around. People often brush aside the idea that they are influenced by others. To do so is foolish. We are all influenced, and we all influence others.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

One of the best things about a newspaper is also one of the worst, it holds a mirror up to the community so it can see itself for the way it truly seems and sometimes we don't like what we see.

WRITER'S CORNER

Lord give us strength to face today's troubles. Help us daily to endure what is about to happen next in our lives knowing we are not alone. You are there.

2 CENTS WORTH

Haven't the sunrises been pretty this week, I haven't watched the sunsets like I usually do.

Faces & Places

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ~John Bunyan Is it just me, or does it seem everything is becoming a hugely politicized issue?

A Post-Pandemic Rural Mindset

Eventually, our country will get past the COVID—19 pandemic. Vaccines, herd immunity, and therapeutics will help us move forward with some semblance of normalcy. To be sure, certain things will never be “the same,” particularly for those who lost loved ones to this awful virus.

EVERYBODY DOESN'T THINK LIKE I DO

I have come to realize that I grew up in a perceived time of innocence. In my growing up years in Waco, I pulled my wagon around to houses in the neighborhood, collecting old worn out pots, pans and anything else made of any type of metal that might be used in the war effort.