Happy belated birthday wishes to Edna Gee Spencer, March 22, Charlotte Court House.

Birthday wishes are sent to Jackie Foster, March 29, Clover; Hagood Duffie, March 29, Saxe; Linda Hart, March 29, Keysville; Jamias Randolph, March 30, Phenix; Keynan Copeland, March 30, Hopewell; Rhonda Adnew, March 31, Farmville; Leslie Gee, March 31, Las Vegas, Nevada; Hattie J. McCargo, March 31, Red Oak; Rhonda Jenkins, March 31, Farmville; Phyllis Gee, April 1, Charlotte Court House; Naisha P. Carter, April 1, Keysville; Rosa Spencer, April 1, Charlotte Court House; Jaiden Freeman, April 2, Washingtion; Terry Walton, April 2, Saxe; Brenda Walton, April 2, Saxe; Jasmine Vaughan, April 4, Farmville; and Betty J. Weldon, April 4, Charlotte Court House. I wish you many more happy birthdays to come. Enjoy your day. Happy birthday!

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

Anniversary wishesare sent to Milton and Virginia G. Dailey, April 1, Randolph, 56 years; Jacob and Tina Moore, April 4, Randolph, four years. I wish you many happy years together with God’s blessings.

Thought for the week: I admire people who choose to shine even after all the storms they’ve been through.

BOREDOM

Boredom, anger, sadness or fear is not yours personally. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go.

Nothing that comes and goes is you. The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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