You can beat depression. I did
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You can beat depression. I did
You can beat depression. I did | Monday, December 28, 2020
I had no idea what was happening to me.
It started with terrible bouts of insomnia. I was in a constant state of fatigue and everything ached.
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My thinking started to get muddy at work and during other activities. Every pursuit that I normally enjoyed tasted like the blandest vanilla ice cream you’ve ever had.
My emotions would redline over the smallest thing; I would drop a fork and fly into a rant about it. The
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In my earliest memory of my father, Kermit Gibby “Gib” Nelson, he was singing a song.
It was the song he learned at his birth, Dec. 27, 1933, from his parents, Elisha “Mockingbird” Nelson and Pearl Nelson. It was a song he later taught his brothers and sisters: Janet Hardeman, Nell Jenkins, Kenneth Nelson, Ida Green, Elizabeth Carter, and Tommy Nelson.
It was the song he was singing when he entered the U.S. Air Force. For two decades, he sung it in service to his country, as a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. When he retired after 21 years, he carried on singing for Liberty National Life Insurance.
Adkins Elementary School PTAÂ honored the school s namesake recently. The PTA gave
Dorothy Adkins a Lifetime Achievement Award â the highest honor given by the National PTA to leaders across the country. The award was given during a virtual meeting, and coincided with Adkins 101st birthday. The school s PTA has previously honored Adkins with the Texas PTA Honorary Lifetime Membership Award and the Texas PTA Extended Service Award. Well done, Dorothy, you re one of Denton s treasures.Â
Dorothy Adkins, left, listens as a song with lyrics written just for her is led by longtime friend Jean Tunnell during a 100th birthday celebration for Mrs. Adkins at Trinity Presbyterian Church on Dec. 28, 2019.Â