Tag: memories

Saying Goodbye to Autry Circle

Have you ever been torn between the feelings of relief and grief? Standing on the bare land of where my home once stood, I felt those feelings rise up through my tear ducts. My homestead of 41 years is gone. It was sold to an 

Six Seems About Right

For whatever reason, in most of my childhood memories, I’m six years old. I wasn’t really. I wasn’t six all my life until I hit middle school. But it seems that way, looking back. Why is that? Why is my childhood flattened down to just 

Magic Hour Foundation: Providing Photography Sessions for Cancer Patients and Survivors

When my copy of Columns arrived in the mail, I was excited to see the cover picture of a former classmate holding his daughter and laughing. The joy on their faces in the photo was a vibrant expression of the celebration of her life—a life