West Alabama Wednesday Briefing

Good morning West Alabama. It is Wednesday, November 28, 2024.

Wednesday Morning Observations:

My grandfather, Dewey Townsend, gave me some sage advice when I was 15. I made the statement that I couldn't wait until I was 16 so I could get my driver's license. He was in his mid 70s then and had lived a lot in his lifetime. He delivered telegrams in a mule drawn cart for Western Union as a kid, hoboed on a freight train to go see the St. Louis Cardinals play in the World Series, worked on riverboats, was in the navy during both world wars, and spent two decades working for the U.S. Postal Service while him and my grandmother raised two girls and a boy. He had earned the right to pass along advice.

"Don't wish your life away," he told me. "When you get to my age you start wondering where the years have gone, Life flies by. You need to slowdown and appreciate your life and be thankful for what you have experienced, the family that has raised you, the friends who care about you and the opportunities you have by living in this country."

I am now the age he was when he passed along the wisdom of his years of life's experiences. His wise view of life and what we should be thankful for has stuck with me to this day. I have not always succeeded in following his advice, but I have found he was right.

As we prepare for another Thanksgiving celebration let us realize that each day is a gift from God. Let us be thankful and do what we can to use our lives for good.

I have found often some of the most thankful people I have ever met are those who have the least because they understand wealth, power and prestige often get in the way of being humble and thankful.

Let us step aside, if only for a moment, from the Macy's Parade, the turkey and trimmings, football games and political talk. and thank God for what we have and the opportunities we have to be who we need to be.

We are the sum total of our family, friends and life's experiences. May we slow down and appreciate life and truly be thankful.

(Opinions expressed in Morning Briefing are not necessarily those of the ownership, staff or management of Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa.)

Weather:

Today started with foggy conditions south of the I20/59 corridor. Visibilities in some spots in Bibb, Hale, Greene, Sumter and Marengo counties were down to less than a quarter mile. But the fog burned off by 9:00 and the sun is shining through scattered cloud cover. But as you can read on the link below, it will not hang around long.

Read More: Thanksgiving Severe Weather Marginal Risk in Portions of Alabama

The Forecast:

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