• to the young married couples of this generation who are sharing responsibilities better than any generation before them
• to the women of this generation who carry on the fine art of multi-tasking
• to whoever negotiated a deal to prevent a rail strike
• to those kids playing football outside on a Sunday afternoon at the convenience store in Winters, Texas
• to Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals for being the best of teammates and batterymates over the course of their 17-year careers in the major leagues
• to the Ukrainian military, who have proved Tucker Carlson wrong
• to consistently kind people • to grandparents who, for whatever reasons, are raising their grandchildren
• to naps, anytime and anywhere
• to people who know how to can fruits and vegetables
• to people who have learned how to quilt
• to the piemakers, any and every pie
• to Jack Black’s mother for giving birth to this genius
• to clean water, hot baths, and refreshing showers
• to Ken Burns, whose PBS documentaries teach us history better than many classrooms*
• to favorite old T-shirts fresh out of the dryer
• to long-married couples who still like each other
• to all babies, even those with poopy diapers and milk breath
• to curiosity and creativity
• to chalupas with melted cheese, not grated cheese
• to Sue Monk Kidd for writing beautiful books
• to high school theater departments who nurture students’ acting, singing, tech skills, and art And finally…….
• to little neighborhood grocery stores that still sell homemade sandwiches and shoestring potato chips in a can * PBS will show Burns’ latest documentary, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” starting Sunday at 7 p.m. This is a collaboration with Lynn Novick
and Sarah Botstein.
Snyder, Texas, native Sue Jane Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher whose thought-provoking commentary appears occasionally in several West texas newspapers, including The Texas Spur and The Caprock Courier.
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