It is not only the children that get the joy bump as they arrive, enter, and then leave the building where they spend the majority of their waking hours. Lockhart is reminded regularly how much the adults enjoy receiving a joy bump too.
Even though there was not a large amount of frozen precipitation because we remained under an overcast sky all day and the high topped out in the mid 20s, ice remains a large obstacle as we head towards a second day of remaining below freezing.
The two Killeen, Texas children are lucky to be alive after being left home alone, and it is incredibly fortunate that neighbors were able to hear their requests for help as the fire broke out in a bedroom.
We have come to understand that Covid-19 is here for good just like influenza, and it will continue to have mutating properties with different lifespans.