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Facing the inevitable can be difficult. Take getting older, for instance. It’s not just time working against you. There is also mother nature, and there is gravity. So many forces at play that contribute to the process, the results of which we see in what becomes the daily aging reminder rituals, e.g., the unforgiving mirror when we shave or the merciless scale that we occasionally and bravely climb onto.
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For those unfamiliar with the origins of Mother’s Day, it came about because of copywriter Anna Jarvis’ efforts to honor her deceased mother, Ann. It was May 12, 1907, when Jarvis held a memorial service in Grafton, West Virginia, paying homage to her mother’s volunteer work. Within five years, every state was observing Mother’s Day and President Woodrow Wilson declared it a national holiday in 1914.
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I absolutely love Washington Avenue! One of the most therapeutic things in my life the first year or two after my husband died was walking from my house to downtown admiring the stately old homes and enjoying the shade the towering trees provided. The sidewalk in front of the former Red Door Bed & Breakfast was lined with beds of fragrant flowers allowing me to literally get out and smell the roses! The last thing I want to see on Washington Avenue is commercial creep - that incremental destruction of Navasota’s proud gateway to its historic downtown.
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Is it sick to love a vehicle? I sure hope not because I really, really love my truck. It’s my ex-truck now, but during the 31 years that she was mine we got very close.
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Lavada Broussard Walker, 84, native of Whitehall (Retreat), TX, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was born on August 8, 1937, to the parentage of Angeline Steptoe Broussard Willis and Isaac Broussard. She was also raised by Andrew Moore, who was known to all as her father. Lavada’s mother later married Isom Willis who also loved her as his own daughter.
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Allen “Butch” Fields, 76, of College Station, passed away on Thursday, March 31, at St. Joseph Manor and Rehab in Caldwell.
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While eating dinner with some folks recently, the 1977 Randy Newman song, “Short People,” found its way into the conversation. Probably because I was bemoaning sitting in commissioners court for 2-3 hours in chairs clearly NOT designed with all of Grimes County’s citizens, employees and media reps in mind. Most at the table remembered the song but some had never heard it before. Just in case you haven’t, here are a few choice lines:
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When one door closes, another is supposed to open. Yet another idiom proven to be false. This bathroom door had given me trouble for about a year. Nevertheless, it always eventually functioned as designed - it closed without a hitch and the door would lock. And it opened just as often, albeit with some effort.
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