Category: Editorials

“I felt sad.” “I didn’t have energy to take care of my new little baby.” “It should have been the happiest time of my life.” “Somedays, I couldn’t even get out of…

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about the problems with the “supply chain.” From what I’ve heard, there’s a lot of blame to go around for these problems. Seems to me, there’s…

hat·er [ hey-ter ] noun • a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing • a person who thrives on showing hate toward, criticizing, or belittling other people or…

Hair dryer. Check. Extra clothes. Check. Extra medicine. Check. Extra everything. Check. I lugged my heavy blue suitcase through the airport terminal. On my back was a green, camping backpack with two…

You probably remember me saying that I have already begun to enjoy Christmas music (my music, my headphones, my ears – don’t judge me!). A few minutes ago, a song came on…

“Excuse me, but may I ask you a very strange question?” The lady, deeply distracted, looked up, “Sure,” she replied. “I’ve been standing on the outside of this glass door watching you….

One year ago, I wrote a column entitled “I want to change my corner of the world.” Those words seem to best describe why I love the newspaper business. We all have…

Something significant happened this morning. Actually, it happened yesterday morning as well. The temperature dipped below 50 degrees. That may not mean much to most of y’all. In fact, I don’t expect…

“Mama, come over here,” my oldest beckoned from the playground. “I’m in the middle of something, what do you need?” I yelled across the yard. “You’ve gotta’ come over here and touch…

I’ve spent the last 40 years fighting crime in Madison County with badge and book. I’ve arrested people when I had to, but I prefer teaching trades and other paths to lawful…

Please don’t tell any of my co-workers, but there are some occasions when I become a sentimental old sap. I usually do a pretty good job of hiding it and I am…

It wasn’t particularly late when I pulled up in my yard. I stood outside a minute and looked at the star-studded sky, then climbed my front steps onto the porch. My husband…

This Sunday, Oct. 17, will mark the third birthday of my granddaughter, Kennedy! What a true blessing the last three years have been. When I had my children, I did not really…

First of all, I do want to go on the record as saying that I really do enjoy my job. Probably one of the things I enjoy the most is going to…

“Don’t eat that! It’s poisonous,” I yelled across the playground. “They aren’t poisonous,” the second-grade boy told me, “I eat them all the time. See,” and he popped a shelled acorn into…

I saw a movie several years ago about a kid who had a rare auto-immune disease that made it very dangerous for him to even walk outside his house. The slightest little…

I was talking to a teenager the other day, and she was telling me how when she gets in trouble, at home, she gets slapped. I was horrified. I know this seems…

I am frequently reminded of just how blessed I was to be Pat Patrick’s son. The older I get, the more I value the lessons, stories and values he passed along to…