Guest Column: Realizing ‘we are all in this together’ on a summer road trip
“Being away from Memphis while keeping an eye on it from afar has allowed me to appreciate it more, and to long to be back among the people I love.”
Marvin Stockwell is host of the Champions of the Lost Causes podcast on the Back to theLight network. Episodes are at backtothelight.net and on most podcast platforms. For more information, visit championsofthelostcauses.org.
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“Being away from Memphis while keeping an eye on it from afar has allowed me to appreciate it more, and to long to be back among the people I love.”
The Stockwell and Abbott families started a Downtown lunch spot 40 years ago that inspired a son’s lifelong belief in city-building: ‘Nine-year-old me didn’t doubt Downtown could rally, because I had seen my own family do it.’
Ginger Spickler saw a billboard for a foundation that was giving away $10 million to five teams who could prove they were ready to “reinvent high school.” She thought: “Memphis could really use this.”
I watched how my dad welcomed people, how his affable, generous approach set people at ease and made them feel included and accepted. I wanted to be just like him.
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