Conaway: This time, The Citadel saluted
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
Recently, my friend Michael Rowland sent me a letter. The letter was prompted, he said, by a column I wrote. Here is part of that letter:
“The pregnancy was hard. Illness, countless tests, strict bed rest and weeks confined to a hospital bed all tempered the joy of expecting our first children. The twins arrived three months prematurely early in the evening on a cold night on Jan. 6 — Epiphany.
“The bigger, stronger boy named James weighed in a bit over 2 lbs. His twin, Charles, didn’t even break the 2 lb. mark. A few days later, I sat by Virginia in the NICU as my wife gently held James as he died from a brain hemorrhage, as our friend and priest Father Joe Porter quietly recited the 23rd Psalm.
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