News

Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! I could not be more excited about the adventure we are embarking upon together. There are so many things I want to share about our 2022 plans, but it is impossible to cover everything in one article. This newsletter is a fabulous resource. I encourage you to read the entire newsletter each month and discover ways to get involved, learn of upcoming events, and find valuable resources and tools for your club officers. While writing...

Our TFRW December Woman of Distinction is Judge Cyndi Wheless, the presiding judge of the 417th District Court in Collin County. Cyndi Wheless currently serves as the presiding judge of the 417th District Court in Collin County, hearing juvenile and child welfare cases. After graduation from Plano Senior High School in 1982, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Government and Politics at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating cum laude, and received her law degree from Southern Methodist University School of...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I hope that you were able to share Thanksgiving with your loved ones and have plans to be together during this Christmas season. Time spent with family and friends is an acute reminder of what we are most thankful for, and also why we are involved with this organization. As 2021, and my term as your President, draws to a close, I can’t help but reflect on the many accomplishments we have achieved...

Our November Woman of Distinction is a TFRW treasure and sets an example for all of us to follow. She is a proud lady who was certainly “ahead of her time” in her career paths and forward thinking. Woodie Virginia (she prefers just “V”) Hornburg was born the youngest of four children in Palestine, Texas, on July 7th, 1921. Her father was a conductor on the railroad. She is a fifth generation Texan—her great-grandmother was born here in 1834. Following graduation from...

November is the natural season of giving thanks, and now that the 2021 National and State Conventions have wrapped up, I have been able to fully reflect not only on all that we have achieved but also the many people, opportunities, challenges and personal growth that I am thankful for. I am thankful for each of our nearly 12,000 members; your love of Texas and the Country inspires me daily. You are my Federation family. I am thankful for the TFRW officers...

My friends, August was an especially prayerful month for me, as it may have been for you. Some days I had to force myself away from the news before I was swallowed up in feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. As women, we sometimes feel empathy so strongly that we lose ourselves in grief and sadness. It’s completely understandable, after all, there’s a lot to be sad about; rising inflation, the escalating crisis on our border, the Afghanistan tragedy, and the devastation...