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By Kaylee McGhee WhiteMany, many years ago When I was twenty-three, I got married to a widow Who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter Who had hair of red.My father fell in love with her, And soon the two were wed.This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life.

If my body was a pick-up, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model.I’ve got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish, and my paint job is getting a little dull. But that’s not the worst of it.

Some may have to ask parents/grandparents the meaning of words/phrases. Words can be gone as fast as the buggy whip! It is sad really. The other day I said something to a young fella about driving a Jalopy and he looked at me quizzically and said what the heck is a jalopy? OMG (A newer phrase!

A 92-year-old retired senior pastor was asked to speak at church. The current Associate Pastor wondered why the church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to preach at that age.

Dear Diary, Just moved to Oklahoma! Yee haw and what a wonderful place! Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful. I’ve finally found my home. I love it here.June 14th: Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem.

More Marijuana?The push to make medical marijuana legal in Oklahoma was not as much about helping people in pain as it was about making recreational marijuana 100% legal.The fact that more than 400,000 Oklahomans have medical marijuana licenses is proof of that.

It may not be your job that is making you tired, it may be all the decisions you have to make every day.“Plaid or stripes? Flats or heels? Tall or grande? Latte or drip? Soy Milk? Almond Milk? Rice Milk? Before you’ve taken your first sip of coffee, the decisions have started.

This past weekend was reunion time in Holdenville and some great articles were given to me to publish….FUNNY, BUT TRUE*I used to be able to do cartwheels. Now I tip over putting on my underwear.*I hate it when I see an old person and then realize we went to high school together.

I have been in the newspaper business for over ½ a century. I love this business as much today as I did fifty years ago. Even in Junior High and High School I would buy both the Tulsa World and Daily Oklahoman everyday and had the local newspaper delivered to our house.

I was going thru my files this past week to find some Easter items I wanted to share with our readers. The Children’s Bible in a NutshellA child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible.