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Looking For Dads To RecognizeHBy Staffwanted to let your father know how much you appreciate them? Well, why not make it public and show them how much you care? We are giving you the perfect opportunity to do so.Highlights Publications is doing a special section to honor fathers in the June edition. It will be a great keepsake for you and for them. They will be totally surprised and it will make a great gift from the heart. Tell us why your dad is special to you and keep at 150 to 250 words max.Is it because of what they did and/or still do for you? Or how they helped you become the person you are today? We will highlight as many submissions as possible. We will be selecting one mother and one father to receive a $50. Please send your submissions with contact information and photo viaAIRoyal Correction n our April issue, we published a storyabout the royal members of the SanAntonio Fiesta Court. However, we made an error in stating La Reina de la Feria de las Flores’s connection to the court and the philanthropy she represents. Kristin Werthman, mother of the reigning La Reina de la Feria, Alexandria Werthman, has provided us with the following correction:Looking To Celebrate Your High School Gradighlights Publications wants to recognize Fathers of all ages. How many of you have everemail to contest@highlightspub.com. Deadline for Father’s Day articles is May 10, 2024.“As a counterpart to the Rey Feo, the Reina Feria de las Flores was created to raise funds for the Rey Feo Scholarship, but represent LULAC Council No. 2 as the official Fiesta Royalty. In 1997, the Reina Feria was given her own scholarship, the Parent/Child fund.” We apologize for any confusion caused by our error.The Class of 2024 will always be remembered for rising to the occasion with poise,them so amazing to info@highlightspub. com. To make our next issue, please send in by May 10, 2024. Please keep at no more than 160 words and not less than 100 words. In the subject line, please put high school grad.Be sure to include their name, what high school they attend, their plans for after graduation along with any awards, scholarships they might have received. We love sharing “good news” and what’s better than celebrating the Class of 2024? They deserve it!determination, and grace.Highlights Publications would liketo congratulate our seniors and their accomplishments. Is there a special graduate in your life?Is there a senior whom you’d like to recognize? We want to know all about him or her.Simply send us a photo of your grad along with a write-up telling us what makesMother’s Day Manifestoven though Mother’s Day is fixed on the calendar, I began to notice when my kids turned intoteenagers that it always seemed to take them (and the man who helped create them) by surprise.So, I began to use a subtle system of reminders, starting in April, in which I’d sigh heavily and say to no one in particular, “I just4y Jackie PapendrewBEcan’t believe Mother’s Day is coming up so soon.”Yet my family would still get up on that special Sunday and express astonishment— while trying to avoid the flames shooting out of my eyes—that the darn day had snuck up on them again.It wasn’t always this way. I’ve received my share of those wonderful, irreplaceable gifts made by eager young hands: decorated pencil holders, picture frames studded with colored macaroni, the laminated footprints of a five-year-old, the I Love You Mommy mug. I remember the flowered, handmade apron I got one year, and the artful collage created with canned food labels that left me guessing at the contents of my cans for weeks, but with the approach of adolescence, when childlike sweetness sours a bit and honoring your mother can seem about as cool as elevator music, my well of homemade wonders suddenly ran dry. The holiday was conveniently forgotten until the last minute, and I’d end up holding a wilted bunch of hastily purchased flowers and eating a pancake dinner at IHOP.So, one year, I took matters into my ownNorthwest Hills CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Pre-K - 8th Grade“Celebrating 54 Years - Since 1969”We have Pre-K classes for 2 to 4 year olds and small class sizesin all grades. www.nwhcs.org8511 Heath Circle Dr. • 210-522-1102hands. I wrote a list cleverly titled “What I Want for Mother’s Day” and put it on the refrigerator for everyone to see.Naturally, the list was knocked off, stepped on, used to blot a spilled spot of jelly, but never, as far as I could tell, actually read. Even the dogs, after determining that it was not edible, had ignored it.Realizing a more direct approach was required, I gathered my loved ones around me—actually, I stood in front of the TV they were watching—and began to recite from my mom’s manifesto. I had to speak loudly to drown out the catcalls and boos coming from the crowd, but I bravely persisted: What I Want for Mother’s DayNo. 1: I want coffee brought to me in bed the moment I awaken. I do not want to have to get up and wake you all up to remind you that it is Mother’s Day. The coffee should be of the traditional strength and consistency. Not thick as Mississippi Mud like you made for me last year or the weaker-than-water stuff I got the year before. Begin practicing now. And with the coffee, I want chocolate, lots of it. Bring me chocolate in every form known to woman.No. 2: I want a temporary cessation of all maternal responsibilities. No cleaning, no cooking, no breaking up knock-down- drag-out fights, no toy repair, no toiletMother’s Day - continued on page 9 May 2024www.alamoranchhighlights.com