Way back when, I agreed to serve as judge of pageants held annually in Fort Stockton and DeLeon. I – and another couple of judges – were to select queens of the Water Festival and the Peach and Melon Festival, respectively.
My grandpa was a cowboy – a real cowboy. In 2003 he and grandma made the decision to move to a nursing home. She passed away a few months after they moved in. After having been married for 63 years, grandpa was lost without her, became increasingly sad, and sat in his room most of the time.
Isaw the burro wearing pants and carrying a basket filled with paper flowers.
It doesn’t happen suddenly. At least it didn’t for me.
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
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.
There was once a song that claimed that it never rains in Southern California. The song claimed that when it pours, it pours. This year is quite on point then. I recently drove to San Francisco for spring break.
My husband, Peter, is trying to impress a local collie. Peter knows better than this. He had a collie for many years. Collies are not easily impressed. They have their own priorities and their own agenda and if it happens to coincide with yours, you can pretend they did something on your behalf—but you’d be lying to yourself.
Grief no longer engulfs me as it once did. It’s become less and less with time, as people warned me – promised me – it would.
If you’ve done any estate planning, or even if you’re just familiar with it, you probably know the basics — that is, a comprehensive estate plan can help you pass on assets to your family while also achieving other goals, such as designating someone to take care of your affairs if you become unable to do so. But you may not know about some other estateplanning issues that could prove important in your life: _ Power of attorney for students – Children heading off to college may be considered legal adults in many states. Consequently, you, as a parent, may not have any control over medical treatment if your child faces a sudden, serious illness or is involved in an accident. Instead, a doctor who doesn’t know your child or your family may decide on a course of action of which you might not approve. To help prevent this, you may want to have your college student sign a medical power of attorney form, which will allow you to make decisions on your child’s behalf if doctors don’t think your child can make those choices. You might also want to combine the medical power of attorney with an advance health care directive or living will, which lets you specify actions you do or don’t want to happen. In any case, consult with your legal advisor before taking any of these steps.
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