Echols: At St. Jude, ‘We’re here for each other’
A Memphis parent realizes how St. Jude “is a sacred space,” now that she, too, has a sick child and is at the marathon thanking people for running.
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 114 articles by Candace Echols :
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December 2024
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Guest Columnists Echols: ‘Motherhood, it seems, is falling out of fashion’
“Women of childbearing age are becoming more and more likely to kick parenthood to the curb. And who can blame them? There’s a government-issued health warning about it.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: ‘Month after month, we gathered at Houston’s’
“It seems ridiculous to feel sad over a chain restaurant leaving town. But for me, it’s as much about the memories as it is the chicken tenders. Because when it comes to meals regularly eaten in community, it’s hard to tell where food ends and friendship begins.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: It’s all about time
“Whether too much or not enough or just the right amount, time is the thread running through every last tidbit of our human existence. ... And time is what this season of Advent is all about.”
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Opinion Echols: The power of a dog’s love
“For those who love dogs, children or miracles, this story won’t seem far-fetched at all. As a matter of fact, it may strike some as downright splendid.”
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January 2025
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Guest Columnists Echols: A precious stone for each mothering hurdle
“It would be rewarding to receive badges for things like getting a kid to sleep through the night or helping a child master multiplication facts.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: The reasons we travel
“Whether its nature or people that speak to us most clearly when we travel, taking in a new place with fresh gusto and does our hearts’ good. “
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February 2025
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Guest Columnists Echols: We were born to sweat
“My underlying hope is that when I do A and B, the promised C will result. But you only have to live a little while to learn that’s not the way life works.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: Nine fresh ideas already happening in Memphis
“These people have no idea I’m writing about them. But they are using what they have in time, money, energy and ideas to bless the rest of us.”
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March 2025
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Opinion Echols: Our morning coffee is a funny little mercy
“This Coffee Dance we’re all doing with the way we make our morning joe is the way we wake up, it’s the way we ease into the day. Each of us is quietly declaring our own preferences over and over again, every single time the Earth goes round.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: However scandalous our sin, the love of Christ goes even deeper
“I honestly don’t spend much time thinking about the lives of prostitutes, but during my kids’ bedtime story last week, the topic came up.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: Top 5 childhood experiences my kids know nothing about
“I’m fully aware that we didn’t have it all right back then. But today, I lament the passing of the past by submitting this list of Top 5 Everyday Experiences from My Childhood That My Kids Know Nothing About.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: ‘I always feel so sorry for LeBron’
“Someday what we are after in the face of LeBron will be found in the face of God.”
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Guest Columnists Echols: ‘Home Lore’ from 1928 to 2025
“Imagining a Memphis supplied with a well-informed coffeeman, uninterrupted conversation and Sunday afternoon car rides isn’t so bad.”
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