CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Well, here’s the deal. I have spent the past two days deep in interview mode with my 95-year-old uncle. Exhausted but excited. Consequently, I fell asleep on this Monday evening, woke up after midnight, and realized I had not written my column.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. ― Theodore Roosevelt

WRITER'S CORNER

Restless night Sleep won't come Something heavy weighing on your heat and mind Pray and ask God to reveal it to you God is the answer to our everyday troubles

2 CENTS WORTH

Let me tell you Joe and I will have web feet time we get home, it has rained every day since we have been here. They have planted the corn between showers and I told Joe it's coming and growing so fast you can just see it leaping out of the ground.

Faces & Places

“Children’s books are a fascinating blend of simplicity and life lessons. They’re like security blankets — all warm and fuzzy on the outside, but deeply symbolic on the inside. They can be funny, touching, deep, dark, poignant, or charming, but in the end, they’re just the books we love.

The Trouble With Toughness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in America, so I would be remiss not to devote one of this week’s essays to my recurring thoughts on mental health in rural America. In this space, I have previously mentioned my friend Shannon Ferrell.

THE PIE LADY OF FLYNN

When Kelly Storey was growing up in Houston her mother taught her to make pies. Now Kelly has a pie shop in Flynn, a small community near Centerville. “I do six different kinds of chess pies and 4 different kinds of meringue pies,” says Kelly.

The crossing from poor country to here

I always try to make sure my column has a point to it. I want to share a life lesson and encourage readers to live an optimistic and positive life. As for this column, I really don’t know what the point is other than I’m missing my mom and dad now … and decided to write about them.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Checking mirrors in the literal sense was a vital skill this past week as I traveled over 1,700 miles east to North Carolina. One must never assume other drivers are performing the same task when behind the wheel.

WRITER'S CORNER

Each tear has fallen the pain and suffering are gone your stay on God's beautiful green earth has ended It's engraved in our hearts and mind our hearts are broken but, we can be assured that God will bring us all back together again someday.