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Well folks here we are still enduring the coronavirus. Hopefully by next month things will begin returning to normal.
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Hope you and your family are enjoying the beautiful weather together. To be able to stay home with your family is a blessing in disguise. Many folks are getting anxious as we head into several weeks of isolation and being in quarantine. Just think of all the blessings we have. We have had some beautiful days. God has the perfect timing. It couldn’t have happened at a more beautiful time than what we have experienced in the last couple months, with beauty all around us, flowers blooming, birds singing, and we have got to stay in or at home and isolate for a while. To be close to our families is a gift and what a blessing this can be if you have family living with you.
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Every day of my life I have turned onto Washington Avenue and have driven through downtown Navasota. When I was younger, the streets were full of families going about their business, stopping into Noto’s or P. Nemir’s or grabbing food or ice cream. They smiled and laughed as they stopped to talk to their neighbors and fellow citizens, exchanging hearty handshakes and giving hugs. We epitomized good southern—good Texan—hospitality.
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Well, another week has come and gone and no new news, just the same old stuff. Social-distance, wash your hands, wear face masks, stay at home, and the list goes on and on. This pandemic sure is hard on reporters since there are no events scheduled. I know one thing for sure, I’m getting a lot of stuff done around the house that I have been putting off or just didn’t have time to do. Geez, I sure do miss my “social life,” although that was the main reason I never got anything done around here. As most of you know, my mother Dolores Hoffart passed away recently. So, I brought some boxes home from her house that had my name on it. Oh, my goodness, I knew she was a special lady but each week I find out more and more how special she was. One whole box was filled with newspaper clippings of every single article I have written for the
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As we spend our days at home with loved ones, searching too often bare shelves at our local retail stores, or making a quick stop at a favorite eating place for a to go meal, please take the opportunity to offer an encouraging and cheerful word to all within speaking or waving distance, our hearts need that essential uplift, perhaps now, more than any time in recent memory. Thank you to all who remain at their duty stations and to those who are keeping the home fires burning during this season of trial and testing.
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It appears we will continue our current situation for some time. As some of the people state, especially Mattress Mack, “spend time with your family and pray more.” I am sure most of you believe the same.
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As all of you know the coronavirus is still with us. I guess we will have to continue to be careful. Just keep praying for it to end.
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What a sad Holy Week and Easter day this will be this year. Being a Catholic, I have always observed Lent. It just doesn’t even seem like this week will be Holy Week. I barely even know what day it is much less that we are in the Lenten season. It’s hard to stay focused on life these days and it seems survival is what life is all about now. I will certainly miss our family gathering on Easter Sunday.
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