Have you ever known someone who took pride in saying something like, “My body. My choice. I am going to live however I choose?” They are right! Every person does have the human right to live and do with their bodies, whatever they want. However, it is also true, that though a person has the freedom to choose, they do not have the freedom to decide the consequences of their choices.
I’ve heard of grief compared to losing a limb, and think that’s quite accurate.
The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Saturday to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, only the third time in the state’s history that has occurred.
Prayers of university presidents and school superintendents for commencement exercises to be executed as planned often are short-circuited.
Iwasn’t allowed to interact face to face with hospice patients during the shutdown of 2020. However, I was able to take my miniature horses and donkeys to nursing homes and visit through closed windows.
Yesterday wasn’t the best day. I don’t like to complain and, the truth is, I have very little to complain about. Still, yesterday was not the best day. I woke with a stomachache. I’d gone to bed with a stomachache, and this is not terribly unusual. My mother gets stomachaches, and now my 20-year-old niece is prey to them. Stress and irregular eating set them off, these stomachs of ours, and sometimes they take hours or even days to get sorted out. This one was particularly stubborn and saw me through the night and into the next day. By midmorning, I realized, unless I was writing about a stomachache, I wasn’t likely to get much writing done.
When confronting a problem. I’ve always been told to gain perspective by thinking about how important this issue will be in five years. It’s a useful exercise.
Big Bend National Park is becoming increasingly attractive to the European and Texas Urban tourists. Once upon a time, it was considered “out there,” with few amenities desired by the comfy tourists.
Akey House education committee adjourned last week without voting on a school voucher bill that is Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority this session, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Stephen F. Austin State University, newest member of The University of Texas System, has a storied basketball history, but in football – for a few seasons, at least – not so much.
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