The Smithville Review is planning for Women’s Expo it will be coming up on April 17, 2021. We are excited about this year’s event.  Last year it was cancelled due to Covid but, we are planning the event and are using precautions such as social distancing, and everyone attending to wear a mask. We have a lot of vendors already and are still taking applications for more. We only take one vendor for each product so no two vendors will have the same items. We hope to make this a great day out for the women to shop.

With the vaccine out for Covid I hope everyone will get to take it and all this Covid go away. It has affected so many people and their lives with loss of loved ones. Pray for the people that have Covid and have loss family to Covid. I do hope 2021 will be a more healthy and prosperous year for everyone.

This is something I thought everyone would enjoy reading.

If I Had My Life to Live Over – By Erma Bombeck

(Written after she found out she was dying from cancer).

“I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into to holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the good living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would have never bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn’t show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would have said, Later. Now go and get washed up for dinner. There would have been more “I love you’s More I’m sorrys.”

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute, look at it and really see it.. Live it and never give it back. Stop Seating The Small Stuff!!

Don’t worry about when doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what instead, let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.”

She is right you know? We have one shot at life make it the best you can, don’t worry so much about things you cannot fix. That was for me as I tend to worry. Everyone has regrets but, move past that and live a better life. Cherish you family and friends. When I was young I would read Erma’s column in the paper then I begin to read what book I could find at the library that she wrote. I was sadden by her passing for I knew I would never get to read anything new from her. She was a very good writer and found comedy in everything.

Please remember the sick and the families that have loss loved one and, continue to pray for this nation.