Warm and pleasant greetings from our community to your community.
We hope you are enjoying the last week of August. It’s such a delight to greet you when out and about, seeing you are doing well, too.
As the days are yet long, it gives more time for some outside activities. Remember, the heat is still on, so be mindful and stay safe.
It’s harvest time for fall crops. The big trucks are loading and hauling the corn crops. Some soybean fields are irrigated and cotton fields are blooming. Let’s be mindful and respectful of farm workers as they move about on the roadway and in the fields. May the harvest be plentiful.
We hope students are doing well with their schoolwork and will bring home good progress reports.
Not to judge, as many of us are parents, but sparing the rod does happen too many times. There are good and Godly parents taking responsibility. Children need guidance.
When children are not provided with intentional correction and boundaries, it spoils the child. Correction is done out of love, not anger. Others are encouraging and supporting parents who are intentionally taking time to nurture their children and watch them bloom into their fullness of dignity and intelligence. Parents don’t have to entertain their children; they can do this for themselves.
Nurturing children takes a caring community along with the parents to physically, mentally, socially, spiritually and financially guide them in the right directions that, hopefully, they are following themselves.
Remember Timothy in the Bible? He inherited a rich legacy of faith that helped him stay steadfast in life challenges.
As parents and grandparents, we need to see this kind of legacy continued throughout generations. Hopefully, the oncoming generations will know parents and other individuals who consistently prioritize teaching and modeling good principles in their daily lives that they may follow.
Many of us are reminded of Aug. 28, 1963, when Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the 17-minute “I Have A Dream” speech at The March on Washington at Lincoln Memorial, with more than 250,000 individuals in attendance. King called for an end to racial discrimination and urged Americans to fulfill its promise of equality and freedom for all people.
This week, on Friday, Aug. 28, the 63rd commemoration of this historic event will take place with the Reverend Al Sharpton leading the program.
It’s about standing together to make history: march to defend the vote, march to defend civil rights and march for economic justice. March for the future. Sharpton says “this event belongs to a unified movement rather than a single individual, serving to energize public action and show resilience.”
The fifth Sunday program for the First District of Tallahatchie County Association and its Auxiliaries will convene Sunday, Aug. 30, with New Town Missionary Baptist Church, Charleston, beginning at 10 a.m. with Sunday school followed by worship services at 11.
We all know that cutting an onion can make you cry.
It’s caused by the enzyme (alliinase) that’s released when you pierce the onion cell.
I never shed a tear when I cut onions. Why? Cold temperatures reduce the enzyme. So, chill the onion an hour or two before using.
Carefully store unused onions in the refrigerator. This significantly reduces the tear-inducing effect. No more crying over an onion!
Enjoy life today.
