Happy Mother’s Day! I hope all the moms out there are enjoying agreat day with their families. If you’re lucky enough to have yourmom, it doesn’t take much to make her happy. Give her a call, go byfor an unplanned visit, that’s worth more than any gift you can buyfor her. All your life you will meet people who will say the words”I love you” but nobody means it quite like your mom. She’s like afireman, she runs in when everybody else abandons you. When youdon’t get that invitation to the party or you blew the ballgame,she’s there, wanting to make it better. If your mom has gone to thebig kitchen in the sky, take a moment to remember all the hugs andlove she gave. Smile a little and know if there’s a way for her tobe your angel, she’s done that! God bless good “Mamas!”

Congratulations to the Brookhaven Junior Auxiliary! Thishard-working group won three awards at the 69th Annual EducationConference of the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Inc.,held recently in Mobile, Ala. Those attending were incomingpresident, Kim Carter; outgoing president, Emily Henderson;Jennifer Adcock, Gerri Miller, T.A. Boyd, Sherri Mathis, HeatherDouglas, Shannon Miller, Stacy Leggett and myself. Many workshopsand motivational speakers were part of the weekend, inspiring thegroup to come back with new ideas to implement in the comingyear.

Best wishes and prayers go out to Eva Pullen of Brookhaven, who wasthe victim of a shooting recently. Many of you will remember Ms.Eva’s smiling face at Vendor’s Emporium. She is home from thehospital and doing very well. News of her ordeal spread likewildfire and prayers were sent up on her behalf the day of theincident. We are so glad that she is on the mend. Ms. Eva has awonderful spirit we all could use and is an inspiration to friendsand total strangers who heard of her story. I’ll try to include anaddress to wish her well in the next column.

Quote of the week: “A mother is the truest friend we have, whentrials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes theplace of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in oursunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will shecling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels todissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to ourhearts.” – Washington Irving.

If you have any Ole Brook area news to report, contact Debbie Keeneat 601-669-4342 or debbo@hotmail.com. Please put “Ole Brook News”in subject line.