Category: Texas

  •       I entered the room full of smiling, but unfamiliar, faces, trying to set a brave, confident example for my three kids. But inside I felt shy, like I was a kid on the first day of school, afraid no one would like me. I smiled and said, hi, hi, hi, and they…

  • I spent my morning sitting on the side of a road, cheering and clapping, as people of all ages paraded before me, either walking, or riding in cars, boats, and golf-carts tricked out in red, white, and blue.  They tossed candy and flags, and some squirted bystanders with water guns. Half the town's population marched passed: the high school…