Hello to my family and friends. It is a new week, a new day, and it is always a blessing to be with you one more time! This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Well, the Super Bowl was Sunday. It has come and gone. I do not know if your team won or not. One thing I do know is that the half-time show let us know that love is better than hate, and we must love everyone!
Speaking of love, Saturday is Valentine’s Day, a day that has been set aside for us to show how much you love someone. Love is more than just saying “I love you!” The love that you (we) have for all the special people in our lives should be shown not only on one day but as an everyday action. The Bible reads in 1 Peter 4:8 – “And above all things have fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sin.” It will heal all the trauma and chaos in our life. This world would be a better place if we all showed more love toward one another.
This month is Black History Month. What does that really mean? As a black woman, I grew up in the time when it was very hard for my parents and grandparents. I can remember one Saturday when my grandmother and I were going to Memphis. I had to be around three or four years old, and we got on the greyhound bus here in Henderson. As a child, I did not understand why we had to go in the back of the bus when there were plenty of seats in the front of the bus. Then, I remember my grandmother saying, “Gloria, we have to sit in the back.” I said, “Mamma, but that smell (the fumes) makes me feel bad.” Grandmamma had a pretty scarf that smelled like talcum powder. You know what she did? She put it around my nose and mouth. I can also remember the time when she put her little hands over my mouth and nose. I remember my grandmamma saying these words, “One day, it won’t be like this!” So I snuggled under my grandmamma and went to sleep.
So this week, my Black History Spotlight will be on Rosa Parks (1913—2005). She helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955. Her actions inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Led by a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the boycott lasted more than a year and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. Over the next half-century, Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle to end entrenched racial segregation. Thank God for Mrs. Rosa Park and my grandmother, Mrs. Zelma Bass!
Monday, Feb. 16, is Presidents’ Day. Most of us will have a day off because of the two Presidents both born in February, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. This is a day where we recognize all our U.S. Presidents.
To all the meat lovers out there, I do not know the date yet for the big meat sale at Hays Cashsaver grocery store! Keep your eyes and ears open because it is coming! This will be a great time to stock up for the Fourth of July barbecue, family reunion, etc. Do not miss it!
The city of Henderson would like to take this time to wish all our loved ones in the Nursing Home who had a birthday this week a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Remember to love and pray for one another, our children, our teachers, our family, the sick and shut in, our men and women that are serving our country and also the incarcerated. Remember to patronize our local businesses here in town. Let us try to support our own as much as we can.
If you live in the City of Henderson and have news about your family, birthday, anniversary, announcements and things happening in the City, I need to hear from you. Text or call me at 608-6132.
I LOVE ALL OF YOU! YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
