Opinion

I hope you had a beautiful Easter. I hope it was a reminder of what has been given for all of us, if we want it.

When one is an expert at most things, then it is one’s duty to step up and volunteer to use those talents when needed. This is especially true if one has opened one’s big mouth too many times. As a retired person, doting grandmother, and perfect idiot, I opened my mouth and agreed to hem my granddaughter’s prom dress.

They generally give us the benefit of the doubt even when we are dead wrong, wagging their tails while licking the hands that feed them. In their way, they pledge unending devotion, no matter what.

The Texas House approved a $302 billion budget last week that included an amendment prohibiting the use of state money on private school tuition — a major setback to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to establish a school voucher system. The Austin American- Statesman reported that more than 20 Republicans joined nearly all House Democrats to pass the amendment, while 11 lawmakers voted present.

It was missing three days – three full days – it was four days old when it was tucked away by its mom, with its brother, and then she left. There was wind, and cold, and a dust storm, and hope seemed lost. I was gone the first two days and spent the third searching but to no avail. On the fourth day, as Sunday, I took one more look…(cliffhanger… but only to the bottom of the article.)

Not everyone who reads this column is old but let me warn all you young’uns… your time is coming. Until a short time ago, I was beautiful, healthy, rich, and able to leap tall buildings with a single bound. Well, maybe not, but as compared to right now… I was super woman.

During growing-up years, I don’t remember hearing much talk about splashing on sweet-smelling stuff. Surely it was poetic injustice, what with cotton-picking heating up many of my kin who labored in the fields, not to mention other farm chores that caused streams of sweat that seemed inevitable during half of each calendar year.

The Lone Star State continues to lead the nation in jobs added with 58,200 new positions in February, bringing the state to nearly 14 million total nonfarm jobs, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. February also marked two full years of uninterrupted job growth in the state.

If you haven’t driven through Woodson in a while, our little town is moving up! We have a trailer business, a trucking business, a feed store that includes hardware, a bank, two eating establishments, a post office, the VFD, a dirt moving business, a laundromat, campgrounds, a beauty shop and PAVEMENT! That’s right! Pavement!