TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
FIREWORKS
A very tiny part of me feels I am not worthy of someone’s affection towards me if I cannot love myself first. I feel strongly that I should be able to look in the mirror one day without cringing at myself before I can stand confidently in front of someone else. How unfair to the person loving me if I’m not bringing my best self to the table every single day. It’s impossible to be perfect. We know this, but squandering my full potential is not a regret I want to live with down the road. One of my favorite quotes is from Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” It’s not that I necessarily experienced “fear” at the beginning of this process. After all, I am committed to maximizing my looks, and getting braces is the beginning of that journey for me. But the more I thought about the timeline of necessary steps in front of me–spacers, braces for a year, jaw surgery, braces on for another year–the more I felt like the lengthy journey may not be worth it. I’m glad I slowly talked myself out of that hesitancy, as we ALL must sometimes do, and allowed my yearning for better to take precedence over my trepidation. If you’re thinking about getting braces in Texarkana, I can’t speak highly enough about my experience with Dr. Shambarger. Every time I walk into his office for an appointment, I feel welcomed; I feel comfortable and taken care of. He and his
staff have made this journey all the more bearable for me. I know I will look back on this experience, as I do every time I am reluctant to do something new, and know it was all worth it. You can handle change too, one day at a time!
Saturday, July 1 SummerFest & Fireworks Show Atlanta Fire Department Atlanta, Texas 6-9 pm Tuesday, July 4 Freedom Fest food trucks, live bands, and fireworks New Boston, Texas at dusk
LIVE MUSIC
July 7 Lane Bricker Redbone Magic Brewing July 8 Dusty Rose Band Redbone Magic Brewing July 14 Heather and Jace Redbone Magic Brewing July 16 Travis Tritt Perot Theatre, 6 pm July 22 Trey Johnson Redbone Magic Brewing July 22 Tailgate Poets Live Whisky River Country July 22 A Tribute to Guns & Roses and A Tribute to TESLA Fat Jacks Oyster and Sports Bar July 28 Danny Maxie and Joe Hart Night Redbone Magic Brewing
RECOMMENDATIONS
Deidra Bennett The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
LOCAL EVENTS July 8 Texarkana’s Sesquicentennial Commemorative Ball Texarkana Country Club, 7 pm July 8 Comedy Night 1923 Banana Club, 6 pm and 9 pm July 8
Stella Cochran Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime
Every Saturday in July Gateway Farmers Market 602 East Jefferson, Texarkana, AR 7 am-12 pm Every Saturday in July Texarkana Farmers Market Downtown Texarkana 7 am-12 pm Every Friday in July Luke’s Free Friday Thrive Yoga & Wellness
July 14 Downtown Live The Gallery at 1894, 6-9 pm July 10-July 15 Texarkana Children Charities Open Texarkana Country Club July 22 Rodney Carrington Perot Theatre, 8-11 pm
Texarkana Bridal Fair Texarkana Country Club, 7 pm
For more events visit
Spencer Stokes The Lion’s Den by Alex Eubank
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