Tell your kids once My grandmother was a sweet lady who was a great cook, terrific baker, whistled while she worked, gardened vegetables and ruined my life once. Or so I thought.

Feeling like you have some control over your life is vital for life happiness. Control is not always easy.

I know it is the height of the basketball season. I know the orange one is the ball of choice for most people during the heat of the NCAA tourney and, soon, the NBA playoffs. But I am, and shall forever be, in baseball season until the last out of the last game of the World Series. Hope springs eternal my favorite team will be in the Series this year but, regardless, I will watch or listen to nearly every game. I suspect my children will cheer and groan along with me through all 182 regular season games. You see, there is a genetic defect in my family. Devotion to baseball was in my father’s DNA and I am a carrier of his gene.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. I’m reading a book titled “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”.

This is an excellent reminder; Worth repeating. In 57 years of teaching, there are many things I wish I had done.

Feeling like you have some control over your life is vital for life happiness. Control is not always easy.

Divorce in Decline There’s some good news to report. According to recent articles in CNN and Forbes magazine, the divorce rate in the United States is going down.

Funny stories to fill idle times Some of us have time during when “…there’s nothing to do.” Maybe this little group of suggested activities might help fill the idle spaces. Bread is like the Sun.

The Cat in the House We were dressed and ready to go out for the New Years Eve Party. We turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on, covered our pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard.

The Patrick Way By the time ye read this column the wearin’ of the green will be upon us. Since this is a grand day and a grand tale to tell I’ll be asking your forgiveness to indulge me with a little celebratin’ of St.