Happy 2021, Lord please bless this year. Take away all the sickness, I pray that the anger in our country will go away. Let us learn to be kinder and more understanding in the New Year.
On Dec. 26 we had our family Christmas. Those who attended were my boys, Doug Mandry and daughter Faith and Skylar of Mayfield, Ky.; Mark and Heather Hudson and son Cooper from Advance, Mo.; Matt and Ashley Hudson and children, Hunter, Adysyn, Aden and Harley of Doniphan and Aaron Grace of Poplar Bluff. There was more food than what we knew what to do with. Gifts everywhere, and the best part was watching them open all of them. Every year I do stockings filled with silly stuff for all my children and grandchildren. I think this was the best Christmas in a really long time. It was a lot better than Christmas of 2019.
When I had my surgery on Oct. 29 this year, the doctor told me I could not do anything for two months and was not able to pick up anything over a 1/2 gal. I really tried to do as I was told, which was really hard for me. I am not used to taking it easy and doing nothing. My two months are now over and I am ready to get back to normal life that I haven’t had in a long time, since before my first surgery.
Bunco for January will be on the 28th at 6 p.m. at the Ponder Community Center on Hwy. 142 West. Bring a snack, covered dish or some type of finger food. Come on out and enjoy the fellowship and fun of playing Bunco.
Every year everyone makes these great big New Year’s Resolutions. Most are great big goals that are really too hard to complete and then get upset and stop trying. So this year get you two big quart jars. On one write my 2021 goals. On the other jar, write completed. Then sit down and on a piece of paper write the different things you would like to reach doing this year. Fold them and place them in the goal jar. Now just take out one goal, don’t take another until you finish the one you drew out first. Make your goals ones that can be reachable for the 2021 New Year. When you finish that goal put it in the complete jar. You will feel better about the goals you set when you do finish one or several through the year of 2021.
I pray that 2021 will be a better year for all those concerned. Lord bless everyone with good health and better days. We pray for wisdom in the days ahead. Remember, God loves you and so do I. AMEN Happy 2021.