Opinion

If you put all your blessings from the last year in a jar, how full would it be?
I’m curious because I recently discovered the New Year’s tradition of making blessing jars. Starting Jan. 1, you’re supposed to write different blessings on scraps of paper and put them in a special glass jar. These could include surprise gifts, accomplished goals, beauty in nature, humorous moments, special memories or daily blessings.
As the year goes by, the jar gets fuller and fuller. Finally, on Dec. 31, you’re supposed to open the jar and remember all the blessings of the year.

Say this for President Donald Trump—he is doing exactly what he said he was going to do during his campaign leading up to last November’s General Election.
Some of those things we agree with. Some not so much. One thing we are wholeheartedly on board with, however, is deporting known illegal immigrant criminals out of the United States and back to the country from whence they came.

Greetings again! Week three of the 100th legislative session is over. This past week Lt. Gov. Rhoden became the 34th governor. Gov. Rhoden then selected Rep. Tony VenHuizen as his lieutenant governor and both chambers approved his selection. On Thursday Tony took the oath of office becoming our Lt. Governor.

I recently got to hear my friend Mary play at Live on Stage. I remember when she told me she was playing guitar with her neighbor. It was just about a year ago and I said to her, “pretty soon you will be playing Live on Stage.”
Mary laughed me off, telling me that she just could never do something like that. But I knew differently.
Because like her singing partner, I met Mary because of her willingness to be different. You see while so many of us shy away from new experiences or meeting new people, Mary is quite the opposite.