Echols: ‘Seven portals ... that have called to me from somewhere beyond’
Candace Echols went sledding this past week. (Candace Echols/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“There are portals to God’s grace all over this city, both in nature and in civilization.”
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