TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
February, I was walking up to random people who had offended me, hitting them, attempting to beat them up. They stood in front of me, unaffected, and in absolutely no pain. There were no gashes, no bruises, no reactions, just people standing there in front of me, silently staring. These people had hurt me, but instead of taking my pain and investing it into something worthwhile, I was retaliating in an ill-fated attempt to heal my wounds, and I came up short. When someone offends you, intentionally or unintentionally, you have the choice to remain affected or set that hurt down and move along. You are not weak because someone hurt you. You are not a crybaby, and you are not defective. You are only weak when you take on that hurt as your entire identity and live in fear far too long because of it, like I have done! In the past, I’ve been an expert at allowing hurts to hold me back, but not
anymore. It’ll be an ongoing process, and it will be messy, but offense is a heavy burden, so I’m going to take Elsa’s advice and learn to LET IT GO!
LOCAL EVENTS April 4 The Leadership Mind in Focus Eagle Hall at
April 10 Theatre for Young Audiences 1, 2, 3, Andrés! Perot Theatre 9:30 am and 12:20 pm April 11 Farmers Bank Distinguished Speaker: Sugar Ray Leonard Hilton Garden Inn Texarkana Convention Center 7 pm April 12 Downtown Live The Gallery at 1894 6-9 pm April 17 State of Cities Crosssties,
April 18 Tex*Rep’s Annual Party Silvermoon on Broad 6 pm
April 18 2 Pianos
Downtown benefitting Randy Sams Outreach Shelter Crossties 7 pm April 20 CASA & TCAC’s Colorful 5K and Family Run Trinity Baptist Church 9 am April 21 TRAHC’s 31st Annual Student Juried Exhibition Opening Reception 1-3 pm April 26-27 Fouke Monster Festival April 27 Battle of the Paddle Pickleball Tournament Southwest Center 8 am
TAMU-T 8:30 am April 5-8 Solarbration Events
LIVE MUSIC April 6 TSO: Dark Side of the Moon : The Music of Pink Floyd Perot Theatre 7 pm April 7 Sunset Sinners Front Street Festival Plaza 6:30 pm April 8 Emerald City Band State Line 1 pm April 13 Moss Brothers Band Redbone Magic Brewing Company 7 pm April 20 Mark Owen’s Del Rio Band Elks Lodge 399 7-11 pm
April 20 Jed Harrelson 1923 Banana Club 8 pm April 20 Insight the Band Fat Jacks Oyster & Sports Bar 9 pm April 26 Danny Mazey Redbone Magic Brewing Company 7 pm April 27 Vernon Hinesley Whiskey River 10 pm April 27 The Rockafellas Fat Jacks Oyster & Sports Bar 9 pm
Downtown Texarkana April 5-14 Four States Fair and Rodeo Four States Fairgrounds April 5-8 Texarkana Museums System will host tours of the Regional Museum of History April 9 Silver 55+ Bingo Texarkana Public Library 10 am
8-10 am April 18 The Salvation
Army Women’s Auxiliary Stone Soup Luncheon First United Methodist Church 11 am-1:30 pm
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