Echols: ‘Where we learn about the fun side of God’
Candace Echols (center) had fun at a Young Life family camp in Colorado recently. (Courtesy Candace Echols)
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.”
“When you get to be an adult, laughter can feel like an add-on like whipped cream, a free mint or pressing snooze on the alarm clock.”
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