Happy belated birthday wishes to Rosa Spencer, April 1, Charlotte Court House.

Birthday wishes to Karen McCargo, April 6, Woodbridge; Mandy Toombs, April 7, Richmond; Jackie Brodgon, April 7, Drakes Branch; David Walker Jr., April 8, Charlotte Court House; Ashely Mosley, April 8, Charlotte Court House; Jayla Burwell, April 8, Lynchburg; Clarence Craighead, April 8, Drakes Branch; Della Rae Foster, April 8, Pamplin; Matt Bolton, April 9, Saxe; Annie Ruth Vaughters, April 10, Saxe; Montana Moore, April 11, Charlotte Court House; Clay Moore, April 12, Charlotte Court House; Roy Martin Sr., April 12, Randolph; and Jarrett Driskill, April 12.

I wish all of you many more happy birthdays.

Get well wishes to all of the sick and shut-in. I hope you are up and well soon. You are in our prayers.

Anniversary wishes to Milton and Virginia G. Dailey, April 1, 55 years, Randolph; and Wayne and Lisa Walton, April 14, 26 years, two sons, South Boston.

It is love that makes a relation. It is relation that makes a family. It is family that makes a home. You both are wonderful examples of love, relation and family. Happy anniversary.

Thought for the week: A single moment of misunderstanding is so poisonous that is makes us forget the 100 lovable moments spent together within a minute.

Trust

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live all of your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be you own, instead of someone else’s. Trust your ability. Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

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Virginia Freeman is a community columnist for The Charlotte Gazette. She can be reached at vstars@pure.net.