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FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 27, 2015) - Life-saving, landmark legislation was achieved by the Kentucky General Assembly during the final hours of the 2015 short session. Senate Bill 192, a comprehensive approach to stymie the scourge of heroin addiction in Kentucky reached final passage after countless hours of bipartisan work throughout the session. In fact, this is the third year that the Senate has led the charge on an anti-heroin bill. SB 192 was signed into law Wednesday morning by Gov. Beshear, and is now in effect due to an emergency clause.

Magazines that give us unrealistic expectations are everywhere.  The Men’s Health magazines with the muscle head cover boys with the insinuation that “you too can look like this” or “get the girl of your dreams by looking like a (paraphrasing) muscle-head dipstick”.  Obviously they don’t use the “muscle-head dipstick” term. 

We’re beginning to see some spring color. My yard has some spring flowers in bloom and others showing greenery. One of my bushes is beginning to develop tiny leaves. But, my trees still look fairly dormant. I know it’s early yet, but I’m eager to see which survived the winter and which will need to be replaced.

When I look back on the kind of mom I was when my kids were little, it’s a wonder they have enough where-with-all to walk across the street.  I was your basic crazy woman.  The reason I was your basic crazy woman was because I was always afraid someone was going to hurt my children.  Some of my fear sprung from being hurt myself as a child, some of it sprung from having no relatives nearby to help care for them, and some of it sprung from media coverage of children who had been abducted and molested or murdered or both.  If we weren’t home on this farm, I was watching my kids like a hawk, r

In reading the Bible, I am impressed with how Christ changed people’s lives. For example, when Christ called men to be His apostles, He told the fishermen: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19-21). He later would turn these fishermen into mountain-climbers (Matt. 17:1)! In addition to this, we could take note of the fact that when Christ went to a funeral, He would raise the dead (Lk. 7:11-16; Mk. 5:41-42; Jn. 11:43-44; etc.)! Yes, there was a definite change in those folks!
 

After years of plugging away, recording demos, etc. you finally have that big hit.  Your debut album soars up the charts like a rocket.  Nothing can stop you.  Then you release your sophomore album and it is so enormously terrible! You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by, the sophomore slump. 

The Kentucky Wildcats have had an awesome year. John Calipari's team had a 31-0 record in the regular season, then went on to win the SEC tournament last weekend, changing their record to 34-0. They have certainly been successful by anyone’s definition. Success means different things to different people, but it is often defined as the accomplishment of one's goals.

Sometimes, when I’m channel surfing, I’ll land on one of those KET shows where people are sewing or wood working or gathering mushrooms or something else mother-earthy.  I watch as they make tidy stitches (their words, not mine) and precision cuts with just the right tools that are always in their proper place, not strewn about the floor or table.

There is a difference between believing in God and believing God. There are many who claim to believe in God, saying that they are aware that One greater than all has made this world. However, there are few who truly believe God. If people believed God, we would not face so many of the problems we are facing today.

It’s time for another Snapple column! I love the little-known facts on the insides of the caps.  Without further ado, here we go.  There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.  People don’t sneeze when they are asleep because the nerves involved in the sneeze reflex are resting.  Six year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.  Adults only laugh 15-100 times a day.  No wonder kids are so much more joyous.  Here’s one that Sheldon Cooper would enjoy: brain waves can power an electric train.