Lately, I’ve become acutely aware of the clarity in my life. This clarity was earned with all that I had and all that I am. I know I am not alone. I know our numbers are too great to count.
Word games continue to be popular pastimes and provide a great opportunity to engage in lighthearted competition among family and friends.
What has this old oak witnessed in the past couple hundred years since it began life as an acorn sprout?
WITH LUKE CLAYTON
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said 10 financial firms can no longer do business with any level of state government because they have reduced or ended investments in the fossil fuels industry. Credit: Eddie Gaspar for The Texas Tribune
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar singled out financial firms under a 2021 state law that prohibits most state entities from contracting with companies that have reduced or cut investments in the oil and gas industry.
Experiential gifts shift the emphasis from tangible items to building memories through experiences. Various studies have indicated that the memories gained through experiences may surpass the exhilaration and happiness of receiving a material item. What’s more, experiential gifts may be something that people can share together - expanding the possibilities of gift-giving even further.
By Dina Moon
It has been nearly 8 months since my mother passed away. Don’t worry. This won’t be a sad or depressing conversation between us, a couple of virtual best friends. If anything, I plan on bringing a smile to your face today. Sure, it may be laced with regret or fraught with the realization of life’s tendency to cut deeply while flying by at frightening speed. I hope, when we’re finished talking, you’ll call your mom, if you’re fortunate enough to still have one. If not, know that there is safety and comfort in our numbers, we who are motherless, fatherless, or both. Perhaps you will look through old photographs or watch a home movie or two. Maybe you’ll sniff back a few tears and call your adult children to say, “Humor me. I just wanted to hear your voice. Trust me, you should commit mine to memory, too. One day, you’ll be glad I told you to do this.” I am unsure of my big feelings today. Are they so close to the surface of my heart because we have all thrown caution to the wind? As of late, we seem to be screaming powerful F bombs at the viruses and the poxes and the heat. We have taken to the streets again, armed with weapons of loneliness and the need to replenish all the hugs we missed out on for so long. It has been good to see people. Along the way, so many of you have shared a Marsha story with me. They all have things in common, these tall tales of my mother. They are spicy. They are generally hilarious. They are so Marsha. Just last week, I ran into an old friend of my late daughter. We parted with hugs, promises to stay in touch, and one question from her to me. “Remember the time your mom made that sign?” Oh, Lordy. I had forgotten about the sign. Grab a cup of coffee. If you were here, I’d offer you some homemade banana bread. See, there’s no rushing a really good story. And, this is one you don’t want to miss.
Certain people feel right at home in the great outdoors. With the sun on their faces and the wind in their hair, rock scramblers and kayaking buffs simply can’t get enough of being outside in the elements.
Texas wine-grape vineyards were seeing belowaverage yields and aboveaverage quality following a challenging 2022 growing season, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.
They called us the TV generation. Because that was pretty much all we had. No smartphones. No computers. No internets.
With the school year comfortably underway, the Forney Education Foundation has “started” school as well. Not that FEF took the summer off for vacation. Instead we were busy helping the students in Forney ISD. The Foundation was involved in the Summer STEAM camps by providing lunch to camp instructors and student workers every Thursday for 6 weeks, as well as reimbursing 83 students who qualified.
Students Honored on the Dean’s Academic Honor List at Baylor University
May commencement ceremonies return to the Ferrell Center for the first time in two years.
On Tuesday September 13th, the City of Forney will be hosting an open house to discuss the following propositions in the upcoming Bond Election: Proposition A ($45.8 million) | this proposition includes expansion of the existing Fire Station 2, construction of a new Fire Station 1, and construction of a new Fire Station 3.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 936, Forney, TX 75126
Physical Address: 201 W. Broad St., Forney, TX 75126
Phone: 972-564-3121
Fax: 972-552-3599
