Columns & Opinions

I stood before a mirror in our bathroom last night, grasping my hair with both hands, a grimace slashing my face.

Dear Gabby,

COVID-19 came energetically. An energy to disrupt. An energy that did disrupt. Now because of COVID-19, life as we all knew it stopped.

I just finished watching a news feature whereby what appears to be more than two dozen individuals lined up outside the LSU/ Ochsner health-care facility. The feature was on the 10 p.m. news on April 13, and many of the participants were children and unmasked.

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The daily walk strengthens physical and mental health. It permits escape from pandemic’s house arrest.

Our “Easter Snap” that we are accustomed to here in the South blew through the area with much more than just cooler temperatures. Rain and wind crossed the Ark-La-Tex on Easter Sunday, leaving a lot of damage in its wake. For those who planted flowering bedding plants before the “snap,” I hope you covered them during the cooler nighttime temperatures. I’ve grown up here in this area, and it didn’t matter if Easter was early March or late April, my grandmother would always tell me “we will have one more snap of cooler weather.” Her words have proven true EVERY year. I think we would all do well to listen to sage words of wisdom and guidance of those who are older than us. I realized not long ago that I am now one of the “older than us” people. I hope my advice is as helpful as my grandmother’s. A local pastor said, “We have three stages in parenting. In the childhood stage, we are “coaches”; in the teen years, we are “cheerleaders”; and as our children become adults, we are “consultants.” May we always “know our role.”