HAPPY TENTH BIRTHDAY, TESSA ROSE! Tessa, you have been thoroughly loved for ten years, 120 months, 520 weeks, 3,650 days, 87,600 hours, or 5,256,000 minutes, and still counting! You are a perfect ten! Congratulations on your first two-digit birthday! You are now a teenager in training! To the coolest ten-year-old in town! You are now in the cool double-digit club. The judges all agree you have scored a perfect 10! May your tenth birthday be as unique as you are! At your birthday party, let them eat cake! Come on, Barbie, let’s go party! Here’s to the most awesome ten-year-old I know! Slay, girl, slay! It’s your tenth birthday! Wishing all of your wishes come true! Here’s to a double-digit birthday! May your year be full of fun, joy, love, laughter, hugs, squishes, and magic wishes.

MARCH RELIGIOUS FEAST DAYS We all know the month of March is most often associated with St. Patrick’s Day.

THIS AND THAT * Can you believe it’s March already? * Nancy, I will miss seeing you at the Sentinel, but I know you will drop by once in a while because YOU WILL MISS US! I enjoyed our years working together and being part of this crazy newspaper family. Wishing you all the best.

THIS AND THAT * About forty years ago, Tom Jones wrote a song called “She’s a Lady.” * I can’t believe the backlash actress Candace Cameron Bure is getting for her remark that she hopes to keep traditional marriage at the core of her movies after moving to the TV network “Great American Family.” One writer, Carly Silva, wrote the following: “The actress opened up about how difficult cancel culture is amid backlash of her controversial ‘traditional marriage’ comments.” What is controversial about her comments? She has a right, just like everyone else does, to her opinions. Social media was outraged by her remarks because “it seemed to shade or invalidate same-sex marriages.” Read what she said again.

THIS AND THAT * Schlemiel, Schlimazel, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! Sorry to hear about the passing of Cindy Williams. I loved watching the TV show “Laverne & Shirley.” * I remember when toilet paper and eggs were so cheap, we teepeed trees and egged windows.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! My Daughter A daughter is a wonderful blessing, A treasure from above. Her laughter, warmth, and special charm, Her thoughtfulness and love.

* For all those years, I thought I watched Jeopardy because I liked the show since it is so challenging, and it is always fun to learn new things. That was never the case because I have not watched a single episode since the passing of Alex Trebek.

* After actor Jeremy Renner’s (Hawkeye) snowplow accident, I can now say I know who the strongest Avenger is!

* I think my favorite song, for the time being, is Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.”

THIS AND THAT * Just so you know, the Critics Choice Awards TV show only had 1.1 million viewers as opposed to any of the football playoff games during the January 14th weekend, with the lowest rating being over 11 million. The average viewership for the football games was 18 million.

THIS AND THAT * Harry and Meghan get over yourselves and grow up! Every family has some kind of drama, so we don’t need to listen to yours. * I recently read this article written by Thomas Catenacci on January 5th…“The Biden administration published a congressionally mandated report highlighting the positive economic benefits the Keystone XL Pipeline would have had if President Biden didn’t revoke its federal permits.

THIS AND THAT * Let’s bring tinsel back on the Christmas trees next year! * God is good. Remember, EVERYONE on that field, on TV as well as everyone watching the night when Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest, either took a knee or sent up a prayer to God.