What keeps me from climbing back into it.
Marsha Moore, United Cooperative Services | Granbury
Means I’ve made it through another night, saw another sunrise. Hope I get to make my bed tomorrow.
Kenny Cogburn, CECA | Comanche County
Totally useless since, at 76, I need a nap every day.
Carolyn Sue Hammons, South Plains EC | Lubbock
A ritual that started as a requirement and is now a source of happiness.
Mark W. Owen, Bluebonnet EC | Elgin
What I learned at an early age—a part of my responsibilities.
Eddie T. Rendon, Victoria EC | Inez
The beginning of a new day.
Susan Martin, San Patricio EC | Three Rivers
Delayed until my husband’s alarm goes off.
Phyllis Suttle, MidSouth EC | Iola
What mom taught me, and she’s still setting the example at 98.
Joni Sturm, PenTex Energy | Muenster
What I’ve done ever since I was a child.
Beverly Benn, Bryan Texas Utilities | Bryan
What lures me back in bed.
Clady Page, Jasper-Newton EC | Kirbyville
A wonderful memory of my mother helping and teaching me as a child.
Jim Dungan | Via Facebook
An adventure to see what my Siamese cat has brought me during the night.
LaCelle Howard, Tri-County EC | Granbury
An engineering feat that my husband and I accomplish every morning together.
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers | Via Facebook
Something I do until I win the lottery.
Ryan Reed, Grayson-Collin EC | Van Alstyne
When my cats decide it’s playtime.
Sandra Richins, CoServ | Frisco
A reminder that my mother was an Army drill sergeant.
Adrian Maui Sclawy, Houston County EC | Elkhart
Like gift wrapping a present to open at the end of each day.
Donna Obrien, United Cooperative Services | Graford
Just as important to me as my morning coffee. Even if I sleep in, it gets made.
Wendy Wilks, Farmers EC | Lavon
A blessing.
Sylvia Jalufka, GVEC | Gonzales
A habit of 70-plus years.
Elaine Beal, Cherokee County EC | Troup
Stupid. I’ll just mess it up tonight.
David Yancey, Trinity Valley EC | Wills Point
What I did in boot camp—never again.
Bill Kelberlau, Pedernales EC | Williamson County
Part of my morning routine that helps set me up for a productive day.
Steve Houlbjerg, HILCO EC | Hillsboro
A gift to my future self.
Tanna Kerr, Farmers EC | Wylie
Not going to happen.
Lloyd Jewell, Fayette EC | Weimar
Better than a poke in the eye with a dull deer horn.
Billy Tefteller | Via Facebook
Like living Groundhog Day over and over.
Craig Stephen, Pedernales EC | Spicewood
A good reminder that once a Marine, always a Marine.
Diane Brady, Nueces EC | Ingleside
Not going to happen.
James Connealy, Navasota Valley EC | Bryan
A reminder to be thankful I have a bed with a roof over it when many do not.
Debby Rolan, Bartlett EC | Rockdale
Never going to happen.
Marlene Macat, Bluebonnet EC and San Bernard EC | Bleiblerville
A blessing from God.
Robert James, Bandera EC | Concan
A promise I made to my mother when I was 9.
Twilla Garrett, Lyntegar EC | Wilson
Makes about as much sense as retying my shoelaces after I take my shoes off.
Candy Hendrix, Sam Houston EC | Point Blank
The first thing I do when I get out of bed.
Connie Capps, Bowie-Cass EC | Texarkana
What my mother taught me to do 60-plus years ago.
Jaclyn Miller, Lamb County EC | Littlefield
A habit instilled and ingrained in me since I was 5—I’m 75.
Johnny Ross, Navarro County EC | Blooming Grove
A gift to myself at night.
Gina Ayliffe, Central Texas EC | Fredericksburg
To follow orders of the mid-1940s from my mom.
Fran Lomas, Concho Valley EC | Lubbock
