Echols: On Easter, ‘isn’t life and flourishing what we’re after?’
Every spring, daffodils push up through the dirt. (Michaela Wenzler/Pixabay)
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.”
“Every spring, when daffodils push up through the dirt and new leaves sprout on the trees, the earth re-tells this old story. It’s the same story, over and over and over again.”
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