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Plug In/Staff Picks

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March/April Calendar

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Back in the Day: Mills

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Backyard Camping

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New Library Program

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Putting Down the Blade

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Entreprenuer Focus

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Meet Gwen Roland

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European Excursions

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Restaurant Review

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The Essential Groomer

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Kitchen Table

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Vent

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Paparazzi

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Artist Profile: Malgorzata Florkowska

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The Reunion

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Sports

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Freedman’s Finds

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n the late 1800s, Griffin was nothing more than a residential farming community. But in 1888, that all began to change. Soon, Griffin became a textile town.

After the Civil War, the textile industry remained centered in New England. But the country’s population was growing in these postwar years, which created a need for clothes and other textile items. At the same time, the devastated South needed industry as it rebuilt. In response to these influencing factors, the textile industry began moving south in the 1880s.

Near the turn of the century, cotton was a major agricultural product in the Griffin area. On February 11, 1888, William Joseph Kincaid, along with a group of 11 citizens, founded the Kincaid Manufacturing Company and opened the first mill. The original plant, Dundee Plant #1, was located across from the Experiment Station. At the beginning, the only product produced by the mill was towels.

After the establishment of the first mill, more followed suit. Eventually, there were three mills in East Griffin, a finishing plant for bleaching and dyeing, and five weaving mills. There was also the Lowell Bleachery, a plant on Experiment where all woven products were sent to be bleached, dyed, sewed, and packaged.

In 1892, the name “Dundee” was adopted by the Kincaid Manufacturing Company, referencing the high-quality textile products made in Dundee, Scotland. The name was registered in 1924 as a trademark by the newly formed Georgia-Kincaid Mills, and in 1942 the company was reincorporated as Dundee Mills.

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Through the years, Dundee Mills grew beyond the realm of the Griffin community. The company expanded throughout Georgia, opening mills in other cities such as Newnan, Gainesville, and Ellijay.

Eventually the company had plants not only in Georgia, but also in Alabama and South Carolina.

The Great Depression of the 1930s brought troubled times for Griffin’s once flourishing textile industry.

Many of the mills were running on short time – operating only three days a week – and weren’t selling the products they made. But the impact World War II had on Griffin was significant. A great need for textile materials arose, and Griffin’s mills started making money again, thus helping the community pull out of the depression.

As industrial commerce built up in the area, agriculture slowly moved out of the area. Though some local farmers still raised cotton around the time of World War II, most of the cotton agriculture had been taken over by farmers in south Georgia who had more land to cultivate. Over the years, cotton farming also continued to expand out west, where there was significant more acreage to plant.

In the 1950s, Henry Walker returned home after attending college and serving in the Navy during the War. Walker is a third-generation resident of Griffin whose grandfather grew cotton. He started off working in the mills, rose through the ranks as plant manager, and eventually became the president’s chief executive officer. His connection to the mill industry of Griffin has been nearly life-long; he has been associated with the mills for over 50 years. As the “biggest thing in Griffin,” according to Walker, the textile industry was basically the only manufacturing outfit in Griffin for many years. As such, it had support from and supported all aspects of the community, including churches and other businesses.

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In the 1980s, Dundee Mills doubled in size, making it the largest employer around. But in the early 1990s, Dundee Mills was bought out by Springs Industries. At the time the company was sold, they had nearly 2,500 employees in the area and over 4,000 overall. The mills were manufacturing over 1 million pounds of towels each week and had an annual payroll of $45-$50 million. Dundee became the largest institution for retail towels in the country, every week producing towels for hotels, along with other textiles such as baby products.

Dundee also became one of the biggest manufacturers of corduroy, tablecloths, and napkins in the country.

When Springs Industries bought out Dundee Mills to expand their own textile production of towels, it preserved jobs for the people of the community. Springs was a much bigger company than Dundee; they made more home furnishing textiles, such as sheets, rugs, and curtains.

The textile industry’s imposing force in Griffin couldn’t last forever. In the latter half of the 20th century, China and other countries started taking over the textile industry with much of the labor outsourced to cheaper mills overseas. After World War II, the use of imports gradually increased, and, by the 1970s, imports were readily available. The reduction in the size of the textile mills was a gradual process. Some people retired, while others left Griffin to find work in Atlanta. The technology changed, and the mills adopted new automated equipment that reduced personnel requirements. The cheaper labor and products made it tougher to compete, and, ultimately, the economic effects of imports shut down the mills.

Now that the mills have all closed, some of the mills are being repurposed. A builder from Atlanta bought the mills in East Griffin for the old bricks. The old 278,000-square-foot Rushton Mill, located on Lyndon Avenue, is now a classic car museum.

Walker notes, “The mills were the backbone of the Griffin.” One hundred years ago, this was true. Today, with the mills only relics of the town’s past, their influence is still as important in the community as it once was.

Griffin will always be a product of textile production, and ultimately, will remain a mill community.

By Rachel Scoggins

ducation is a hot subject right now. Test scores, accreditation, grades – all these things are crucial to communities. In the midst of all this, community members in Griffin are banding together to make a positive impact.

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The Flint River Regional Library is collaborating with the Griffin-Spalding County School System Pre-K program to help sponsor a Family Night at the Public Library. The program, made possible through the Bright from the Start Transition Coach Grant, aims to encourage literacy skills and a love of reading in children ages 3 to 5, an important age to get kids reading.

Parents may also benefit from this program by learning small ways they can help their children foster stronger literacy skills at home.

The bi-monthly Family Night will structure each meeting around specific books. Through various activities, children and their parents will be exposed to new and engaging ways of approaching reading. Some literacy activities planned are parent-child book reading, clapping and singing games, finger plays, and story time. Parents will also have the chance to learn how to pick out books for their children and get some hands-on practice with help from librarians.

The literacy activities are based on the idea of modeling behavior, which means the coordinators will read a book about a concept, talk about it with the parents and children, then have both children and parents practice it with songs, games, and activities. Other topics of discussion include getting children ready for pre-K and making the transition from pre-K to kindergarten.

Each child who attends will be given a copy of one of the books used in the day’s program.

Another exciting benefit for the community through this program is that the library will be putting $20,000 of new books for the 3-to-5-year age group on the library shelves.

“We’re very excited about this partnership with the school system,” says Carrie Zeiger, Library Director.“The opportunity to get books into the hands of children is fantastic.” This collaboration between Griffin’s library and school system provides community support for the education of the youth and their parents.

Family Night will be held at the Flint River Regional Library the first and third Monday nights of February, March, and April at 6 p.m. and the first and third Saturdays of May at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 770-412-4770.

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Beck, Owen & Murray Beck, Owen & Murray has been proudly serving the legal needs of Griffin and Spalding County since 1888. Our location allows us to serve clients all over the State of Georgia. Our firm maintains a professional competency rating of AV, which is the highest in the legal profession.

Our attorneys are experienced in a variety of practice areas. We offer our clients the benefit of exceptional legal representation in a professional and efficient manner. From the courtroom to the closing room, our goal is to provide our clients with the best, most ethical representation possible.

Beck, Owen & Murray is a full-service law firm, practicing in most areas of civil and criminal law. Our practice areas include bankruptcy, business law, criminal defense, collections, consumer debt legal defense, estate planning and probate, family law, mediation, personal injury/wrongful death, local government law, insurance defense litigation, worker’s compensation, and commercial and residential real estate.

Beck, Owen & Murray’s trial attorneys aggressively represent our clients and are experienced in litigating in the courts of Georgia. We litigate cases in State and Federal Courts throughout the Metro-Atlanta and Central Georgia area. Our attorneys are experienced in negotiating settlements as well as mediation and arbritration, but our expertise is in the courtroom. We are highly experienced in arguing and prevailing before both judge and jury.

Our goal at Beck, Owen & Murray is to provide our clients with the highest-quality legal representations, and our attorneys know there is no subsititute for hard work and preparation in the legal field.

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The Sweet Brothers Graphix Story (the short and sweet version) My company was founded in 1992 by me (Brad Sweet) and a group of friends. We were BMX racers with no sponsor and no money. I started to screen print t-shirts in my bedroom at the age of 22 to sell at the races. This allowed my friends and me to afford the racing fees and traveling cost needed to race BMX. After years of building a name on the BMX circuit, other BMX racing teams and companies asked me to screen print their t-shirts. Friends and family members with small businesses were also asking me to screen print their company t-shirts.

This began to snowball by word of mouth. After 18 years, Sweet Bros.

Graphix has become a major force in the screen printing and digital printing industry. I have become the screen printer I am today by much trial and error. That is what it takes to get good at what you do.

Sweet Bros. Graphix was awarded “2010 Small Business of the Year” by Griffin/Spalding Chamber of Commerce.

2625 N. Expressway, Suite B Griffin | Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm | 770-467-0353 | sweetbros.com Lee and Sara have lived in Griffin most of their lives. Lee has worked for various businesses as an IT professional, including Dundee Mills and United Bank. Sara attended college in Milledgeville at Georgia College, and worked in the GriffinSpalding school system for 28 years as an administrative professional. Cycling has always been their favorite pastime. In the mid 80s Lee and a handful of others began a cycling club, called the “Spalding Sprockets.” This group of Griffin residents included Stuart Ogletree, Jim Ogletree, John Strickland, Ricky Rakestraw, LeeAnn Nash, Harvey Witt, Helen Grayson ,Tommy Mulkey, Meredith Bohler and Ben Quaintance. As the years went by, the cyclist population began to multiply. Lee saw the need for a local place for cyclists in the community to have their bikes repaired, get bike accessories, and purchase new bikes when the time came. But the idea of owning and operating a local bike store seemed like a dream, as Lee and Sara knew the risks of starting a business. They just weren’t ready to quit their secure jobs and take that leap of faith.

Things changed in 2009 when Sara was diagnosed with breast cancer. The fear of upcoming treatments and chemotherapy was much stronger than the fear of starting a business, so they decided it was now or never. “At our age it wasn’t worth it to worry and live in fear. Life’s too short.” So in 2009 Lee and Sara opened Blue Moon Bicycles on Hill Street in downtown Griffin. In 2010 they relocated to College Street, where people can more accessibly test drive bikes along the sidewalks.

Blue Moon Bicycles is a family bike shop, and not just for pro cyclists. “We have bikes for everyone,” says Lee, “from starter trikes to mountain bikes.” Sara is a casual rider, and says the casual cruiser bikes have been very popular this past year. Lee does all of the maintenance himself, assembles the bikes and does bike repair. He is also in the process of getting certified to teach basic cycling instructions for both children and adults.

Whether you’re a pro cyclist or just looking a comfortable bike for cruising around the neighborhood, support your local bike shop and come see what Blue Moon Bicycles has to offer. Mention this article between now and April 30, and save 10% on any in-stock item! (Limit one per customer) 116 East College Street Griffin | 10:00am-6:00pm Monday thru Saturday bluemoonbicycles@birch.net 10

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Moody Funeral Home In 1981, Charles and Betty Moody, with the wholehearted assistance of their family, established the Moody Funeral Home in Zebulon. The couple purchased some additional property for the Moody Memorial Gardens, a state-licensed Perpetual Care Cemetery. This was the culmination of a dream for the Moodys – to provide the utmost in service to grieving families in Pike County. Their motto says it all – “Our family serving your family.”

That passion for service was passed on to Charles’ son, Terrell Moody. Terrell is the funeral director and county coroner, as well as, he is proud to add, the voice of the Pike County Pirates football team. Terrell’s wife Sherri serves as Secretary of Moody Funeral Home. A fourthgeneration resident of Pike County, Sherri claims, “The only thing I’m famous for is that I’ve been here my whole life.” She taught high school for 10 years and went to work with her husband in 2001. Both Terrell and Sherri are active in the community. They have three children: Their daughter Raeann and husband Derrick Salley have two girls, Bella (4) and Lila (2); their daughter Lindsey is in grad school at the University of Georgia and is married to Jeff Chau; their son Max Moody is also at UGA as a junior.

Moody Funeral Home has been a family venture from the start. The Moodys offer both traditional and nontraditional ceremonies and cremations. They do whatever they can to comfort and assist their neighbors in their time of bereavement. “We still take ice and chairs and a coffee pot out to the house, if that’s what the family would like,” Sherri says. “That’s what Terrell’s parents did, and we’re just continuing that tradition.” Terrell adds with confidence, “There is no better service than from a family who cares.”

10170 Hwy. 19, Zebulon, Ga. | 770.567.8642. | For a complete list of services, online guestbook and obituaries, visit moodyfuneralhome.com Jeff Harris has loved being outdoors since he was a young boy. Growing up on 30 acres, he had lots of room for experimentation. Jeff’s parents used to remark, “Jeff can plant a stick and make it grow!” Each Saturday, he and his brother would cut grass for family and friends to earn extra spending money. This entrepreneurship was encouraged by Jeff’s family.

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His grandparents owned a mower sales and service business, so Jeff got acquainted with their customers and began working for them cutting grass. At the age of 14, he started working for a local landscaping company. Eventually, his entrepreneurial mindset and 13 years of working experience led Jeff to branch out on his own. With the help and support of his wife Andrea and daughters McKenna (3) and Myiah (7 mos.), Providence Landscaping has been in business for four years.

Jeff has earned Certificates in Garden Center Management and Landscape Management at Southern Crescent Technical College. He is two classes away from an Associate’s Degree in Environmental Horticulture. Jeff is continuing his education by obtaining his GCLP (Georgia Certified Landscape Professional) certification and a Bachelor’s in Microbiology at UGA. Providence Landscaping specializes in landscape design and construction, including low voltage outdoor lighting, water gardens, ponds, waterfalls, walkways, patios, arbors, outdoor fireplaces and fire pits, outdoor kitchens, as well as commercial and residential property maintenance. Their reputation is very important to them and they work hard to ensure that each customer is 100% satisfied.

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n spring of 2010, Nan and Len Moore visited their son at the Law School of Oxford University. They also visited London, the Cotswolds region, and Paris. They were even able to attend The “Ceremony of the Keys” at the Tower of London. This official “locking” up of the castle has occurred every night at the Tower for the past 700 years, and Nan calls it “ceremonial, fun, and spooky!” This event is available to a limited number each night and must be reserved approximately 6 months in advance by written request, including BRITISH return postage – no emails. Nan’s camera had to stay behind for that event, but it never remains idle for long!

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VISIT Les Invalides Museum rotunda, where many notable French military heroes, including Napoleon Bonaparte are entombed.

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The Essential Groomer

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By Suzanne Carden of Doggie Do’s

aving your pet professionally groomed accomplishes more than you think. The obvious plus is that your pet will look and smell great. But what most pet owners don’t realize is that a well-trained groomer can also spot potential health problems.

Dogs that aren’t groomed regularly can have unseen fungi around their nails, problems with the ears (smell or dark discharge inside) or a lump (some may be cancerous) that the owner has overlooked. There can also be skin issues that require special shampoos and conditioners.

Cats that aren’t brushed and carded (a technique to rid your pet of extra undercoat) on a regular basis could suddenly stop licking themselves, form mats and then need to be shaved. Sometimes cats can’t keep up with all their personal grooming and may even stop eating because of hairballs.

By no means does this mean that you don’t need to take your pet to the vet if you suspect a problem, but your groomer can help you to stay on top of potential problems and recommend a vet visit so that problems can be caught in time. Also you usually visit a vet only once or twice a year, so your pet’s groomer is your best bet to keeping your pet healthy in between.

Many people think a light brushing and a bath is all most pets need, but if you have a long-haired dog or cat (1”or longer), and you don’t brush and comb before a bath, the undercoat and/or fine hair will cause mats that get worse by bathing. The rubbing motion of your hands while soaping up or drying is the biggest culprit.

The right brush also can keep matting down if used correctly. Just any slicker brush won’t do! Each pet is different with its own coat texture. Fine-coated animals like Maltese, Poodles, cats, etc. need a soft slicker with the pins in the brush close together, followed by a metal comb. This helps check your work behind you and also pulls out any small tangles that may lead to mats.

Just remember this, a good grooming shop will not mind sharing at-home maintenance tips. Be sure to ask questions. Also, if there is anything that you like or don’t like about the groomer or experience – tell them!

Be patient and give good grooming instructions – what you are visualizing for your pet may be different from what the groomer plans. Feel free to go over your pet afterward. Good groom or bad groom, communication and feedback are key! Your groomer can’t fix a problem they don’t know about. If you simply switch groomers, you most likely will repeat the same problems. Good communication is the answer to a happy experience and a lifelong good relationship with your groomer. Our goal is to always make you and your pet happy!

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Super Bowl XLV Aaron Rodgers

By Taylor Gantt

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aron Rodgers has always been a marked man. Ever since he was drafted from the University of California by the Green Bay Packers, people have had their eyes on him for one lone reason; to see if he had the guts, the skill, and the desire to replace a living legend. We watched #4 parading around the field, slinging passes and breaking records for the better part of two decades.

But, just like death and taxes, there had to be a day when Packer nation said goodbye to Brett Favre.

For three seasons, Rodgers sat behind the grizzled veteran, getting little in the way of tutelage from the future Hall of Famer. Favre himself admitted that it wasn’t his job to teach the young pup, and who can really blame him? It’s never easy to train the guy who’s getting primed to take your job. But when Rodgers finally stepped under center for the Packers, who had just dealt with the Exodus of Favre to New York, all of Green Bay waited to see how he would deal with the unenviable task of picking up where a legend left off. We finally have our answer.

After two seasons and only one playoff appearance, the Packers went on an incredible hot streak in year three of the Rodgers regime. After being decimated by injuries, the Packers turned their sub-par record into a late-season winning streak that saw them toppling the Giants, Eagles, the Bears (twice), and our beloved Falcons (sob), all en route to the Super Bowl against the vaunted Steelers defense and two-time Super Bowl champ “Big Ben” Roethlisberger. The Packers jumped out to a 21-3 lead, spearheaded by Rodgers’ impeccable three-touchdown, interception-less performance, and held off a late Steelers rally to take the Lombardi Trophy. Rodgers took the MVP in the game, an honor that

So is it official? Can we leave behind the memories of Favre and focus on the current greatness of Aaron Rodgers?

Brett Favre never had, and many see his run through the 20102011 playoffs to be one of the best in league history.

So is it official? Can we leave behind the memories of Favre and focus on the current greatness of Aaron Rodgers? It’s hard to let go for some, but many have seen the light. Rodgers’ poignant torching of the Atlanta Falcons was a harbinger of what this guy could do for many seasons to come. In all his years, Favre has captured only one Super Bowl, and now that mark is shared with his former protégé. In 2020, when we look back collectively on their careers, what will we see? My guess is that these Rodgers-driven Packers will be competitive for the next five seasons, at least.

Keep him healthy, and he can do it all. A couple more Super Bowl appearances, maybe another trophy or two, and the shadow that Aaron Rodgers started his career under will pale in comparison to his then illustrious career.

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on’t you just love this time of year, when you start feeling the warmth of coming spring even though you know there are still some cold days ahead? That hint of better times for outdoor activities always takes me back to growing up on the farm and getting ready for all kinds of fun.

We often started camping in the back yard long before it was really warm enough to be comfortable.

A Saturday in March would be nice and warm so we would plan to camp that night; then the weather would turn bad as it so often does in March. We survived.

Sleeping bags have come a long way, but our first ones were simple cloth and flannel bags that zipped up. One side was “water resistant,” which meant any moisture in the ground would take several seconds to soak through, rather than going through instantly. And they were warm, but the cold ground sucked that warmth out of them as fast as the moisture would soak in.

One year I thought I had a solution. My family had some new lawn chairs, including a lounge chair. I had the bright idea of sleeping on it, keeping my sleeping bag off the cold, wet ground.

It worked – kinda. The cold ground was not a problem, but the air circulating under the bag and me, creating natural air conditioning, was worse than the ground! And those chairs had a bar that ran across them where they folded, right where my back folded, too! That bar was as bad or worse than any rock or root I’d ever slept on.

We also tried air mattresses. They felt great, just long enough to let you go to sleep. I never found one that didn’t leak down to a thin rubber layer within an hour, just in time to find a rock to wake you up.

This was long before there were air pumps for them. If you have ever blown up an air mattress, you know there is no way to go back to sleep within an hour after all that work – just in time to need to blow it up again.

Rain was always a problem. Our first pup tents had no floor, so we would put down a tarp. That worked great for channeling water that ran down the sides of tent to the inside. And the sides were “water resistant.” You could feel a fine mist of water on your face in a hard rain, when the drops hit and some of it worked through.

I will never forget one morning waking up to puddles in the tent. We tried to cook breakfast on a Sterno stove inside – lucky we didn’t die of carbon monoxide poisoning or set the tent on fire, but the tent was too wet to burn and too drafty to hold the CO2 inside.

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One of us sat a metal mess kit plate down and it floated. We could give it a twirl and it would spin in place for a long time. We found that very funny. After all, it is easier to laugh at problems than cry over them, especially at that age.

Light on dark nights was always a problem, too. We always built a fire but needed more light. There were usually a couple of old wick-type kerosene lanterns around, but we knew better than take them into the tent.

And they really didn’t do much, other than throw a shadow around your feet when walking with them and blind you when you looked down.

Flashlights and batteries have come a long way since those days. We all had flashlights, and the batteries often lasted until the sun went down. We played with them too much. You really look weird when you put the flashlight under your chin and shine it up across your face. That is a great visual when telling a ghost story!

We always told ghost stories, too, and somehow no matter how silly they were we managed to frighten each other and make it even harder to go to sleep. I guess that might have been part of the problem, besides the rocks, rain, and lounge chair bars.

I would not take anything for memories like these that are still strong after 50 years. I do wonder if kids today will remember the video games they played and the TV shows they watched with such fondness.

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t was July 4, 2010. I sat in the backyard of my parents’ house surrounded by family – family who had no clue of the battle going on inside me. With last night’s scars on my wrist I sat, careless of anything that was going on around me; I was numb. Suddenly my cousin grabbed my arm and asked bluntly, “What the hell were you thinking?”

I covered the self-inflicted wounds and tried to convince her that the marks that covered my wrist and arm came from my best friend’s cat. Naturally, she didn’t believe me. “I’ve been there, and I’m smart enough to know where those cuts came from,” she said. Tears filled my eyes – not because my whole family just found out the truth about me but because I felt a rush of relief flood over my body.

The night before this, I’d sat on my parents’ bathroom floor with a pair of sharp scissors in my hand. I cut myself seven times, starting at my wrist and going up my arm. I cried as the blood began to flow, and suddenly I was terrified. Had I cut too deeply this time? My body felt numb and my mind a dizzy blur. I cleaned up the mess around me and lay in the tub letting my fresh wounds bleed into the water. This time was different; this time I felt disgusted; this time I wanted to take back what I’d done.

After my cousin drew the attention of my mother, she brought me into the house, and my mom and I began to cry. She kept asking me why, and why didn’t I come to her. My dad, on the other hand, showed tough love, which later helped, but what my mom didn’t realize is was that this had been going on for a long time – ever since the sixth grade.

My dad’s colon ruptured at work one day, nearly costing him his life, and was the beginning of the downward spiral of his health. Our family lost nearly everything we had – from our vehicles to my mom’s job because she had to take care of my dad. The only reason we kept our home is because my dad’s former boss was our landlord, and he was kind enough to let us stay there on just the promise to pay him back when we could. I’d never seen my dad cry as often as he did after this. The strongest man I have ever known began to break.

Over the years, hand-me-downs became my way of getting clothes. We got help from family members and a few local churches. Keeping our lights on and food on the table was every night’s dilemma. Seeing the depression in my parents’ eyes and realizing I was not as fortunate as other kids surrounded my world with darkness. I cut myself for what I thought was my last time in the eighth grade. I bottled this up for so long as the years after that passed by.

My senior year was when I hit rock bottom. My mom knew that I was severely depressed and cried all the time. Countless times she’d come in my room at night and find me balled up crying for sometimes no reason at all. She was completely oblivious as to what was really going on, but she wasn’t alone. No one knew. Not a friend, no one. In the eyes of everyone else, I was the girl on the softball team, the girl on the homecoming court, even at one time a cheerleader and a member of a Christian community. All of this was a disguise, a smile that I got up every morning and painted on to cover up the tears that stained my eyes.

Mom put me in counseling for my depression, and I was prescribed medicine for severe depression and anxiety. I took the medicine for almost two months when I found myself in

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the school library crying my eyes out while working on a paper for class. I went home that night and for the first time in four years I cut myself. Once again, this quickly became my escape. I found that cutting myself gave me control over the mental and emotional pain that I was going through. I couldn’t control the pain my dad was in or the suffering my mom was going through. Her nerves were completely shot. She even once tried to break her hand. School was so tough. I couldn’t pass my science graduation test for anything, and I had exactly one last time to give it a try. None of my friends understood what was going on. I tried to bring it up countless times, but I was nervous; I didn’t want them to think I was crazy.

One day I finally just broke down and told two friends of mine (my best girlfriend and guy friend) the truth. Jessica had suffered from attempts of suicide in the past after losing her mom. She introduced me to a friend of hers, Jonathon, who helped her out in her own time of trouble. Jonathon and I exchanged text messages, and he introduced me to the nonprofit organization “To Write Love On Her Arms” (TWLOHA), which offers hope and help for people who suffer with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicidal thoughts and actions. This saved my life at the time. I got myself together, threw the medicine out, passed my test, got my Certified Nursing Assistant license, and graduated high school.

The first year after high school I got a job as a home nurse in Griffin and started writing a lot more than I usually did. I loved to write. I learned in my past struggles that music and the words I wrote could not disappoint me. I also had a group of supportive friends that were there for me. However, in May of 2010, things slowly started to spiral down.

Not even two weeks after I was hospitalized with pneumonia, I was in a car wreck with my two best friends, leaving me with a broken arm and without a job. I was extremely close with one of the girls in the car, but after the accident she stopped talking to me. I ended up having to sell my car and was up to my neck in hospital bills. I turned to partying and alcohol, trying to prevent myself from picking up a blade.

One night in June I did something that I will never forget. I was at a party with some friends and had way too much to drink. There was a guy there that I barely knew and had only hung out with a few times. I lost my virginity to him that night and never heard from him again, except for when he and two of my former friends compared me to a “fat, ugly stray cat” on Facebook for the world to see.

I was disgusted with myself and felt unimaginable pain.

So there I sat late that June night after reading my public embarrassment: jobless, without a car, unpaid hospital bills and loans. I began to cry and slowly I picked up the blade.

I bit my bottom lip, and I cut myself again.

This continued all the way until the night of July 3, 2010, which was the last time I cut myself. By then, this was not my only form of self-infliction. I cut my legs, burned myself, and I mentally abused myself with thoughts that I was nothing but worthless. At the end of June I caught up with a guy I met in middle school. He soon asked me to be his girlfriend.

Josh and his precious two-year-old daughter Karmen quickly became the focus my life and my personal source of happiness – the light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel. I’ve been with Josh and Karmen for seven months, and not once have I even thought of picking up a blade. Now when I feel alone and down I pick up a pen instead and write. It has become a therapy for me.

I started to realize what I needed to do with myself apart from nursing. I posted my poetry of self-infliction and suicide on the TWLOHA Facebook and My Space pages and received feedback from people in other states telling me how my poetry saved their lives. I began getting emails from people and family members who wanted my help. My parents even exchanged words with people, turning them to me for help. Helping people who have been through and are still going through the struggles that I have conquered brings unspeakable satisfaction to me. I

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speak with other people who made it through. A young teenage girl had cut “Life’s a bitch” into her arm; miraculously she made it through. A guy friend of mine was struggling.

He recently announced to his family and friends that he is gay. He was struggling with work and feeling alone. He and his mother weren’t getting along, and he called and turned to me for help. He knows who he is, and he knows I will be there at his side anytime he needs me.

Some outcomes weren’t as successful. About two weeks ago the man filing my taxes showed me a picture of his stepdaughter. I told him how beautiful she was when he looked at me and said, “she was.” Earlier that year, she’d shot herself in the back of her head with the household gun.

She was 17 years old.

A family member of mine posted on her Facebook page what seemed to be her own suicide note, saying she was done with life. I quickly wrote her; she read some of my poetry, we talked, and she made it through.

A few days ago I was coming out of Walmart when I was approached by a homeless man who was asking, not for money, but for prayer. He explained how bad his health was and then showed me the cuts on his wrist. I talked with the man after offering him food and told him that he would find a sunny day after the storm: “It can’t rain all the time.”

I’ll finally start college for nursing in the fall, but I know that my calling is helping people who suffer from depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-infliction. Jonathon also writes, and he and I plan to start our own local nonprofit organization to help those who are where I was, or even worse. I want to be a voice for those who can’t speak up for themselves.

I was asked what I would say to someone who was still cutting or someone who thought about it, and I know exactly what that would be. There will be a day – a day that you feel happy to be alive. A day that feels like nothing can go wrong and you feel invincible. This is your sunny day when the storm clouds have parted. For me it was when I realized I was in love with my beautiful boyfriend and his daughter. I had the best family and friends to pull me through. It was the laughter of my nieces and nephews, the love my wonderful parents had for me, and the strength they gave me. If you haven’t had this day yet, you will. Just keep living for that day.

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n 1972, Gwen Carpenter Roland had just finished her master’s degree in speech and was about to begin working on her doctorate when she decided, instead, to accompany her childhood companion, Calvin Voisin, when he set out to live in the wilderness of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp.

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Roland admits, “It seemed a waste [of an education] that I should go to the woods. But it was still that I just wanted to learn.” With an untamed curiosity, Roland wanted to experience all of life that she could, while she could. Unfazed by the natural and logistical dangers of wilderness living, Roland’s only fear was that she would grow old with regrets. “My fear was that I would not live,” she explains.

Life on the swamp seemed only natural for Voisin and Roland, both descendants of the tiny historical Bayou Chene community of swamp dwellers who appreciated the swamp’s beauty and rich productivity. Roland recalls, “Whenever Sunday school teachers would talk about heaven, I would picture Bayou Chene.” Surrounded by what Roland calls the “mystical presence” of nature in the unadulterated lush beauty of the bayou, Voisin and Roland enjoyed the hard work of living off the land, along with an abundance of another treasure – what Roland calls “quiet time when your mind isn’t solving a problem, and you can just wonder.” Roland and Voisin couldn’t understand

why the Bayou Chene community had gradually backed away from the beauty of the swamp and settled on the bank. But when the couple’s first house was destroyed in the flood of 1973, they knew. Still, the couple neither retreated nor redoubled their defenses against the powerful floodwaters. Instead, they embraced the realities of life on the water’s edge and pushed even deeper into the bayou, with plans to build a houseboat on a barge that would move with the water.

With absolutely no building skill or experience, Voisin and Roland used the book, How to Build Your Home in the Woods along with a “blueprint” that they’d drawn with crayons, a crowbar, a borrowed ladder and handsaw, and salvaged materials, and they built a roomy houseboat on an abandoned barge that they bought for $950.

Roland began to write about her experiences in the swamp for the local paper and became known state wide as “The Swamp Lady.” A young, aspiring nature photographer,

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Left: Abundant crops fertilized by vermicompost and manure from their livestock provide the Rolands with much of their food. Most of what they don’t grow can be purchased from the Zebulon’s Market on the Square or directly from local producers of specialty items such as grassfed beef and honey.

Top Center: Another quiet day on Bloody Bayou in the Atchafalaya Swamp. Roland and Voisin built the barge home in seven months using hand tools and a crayon drawing for a blueprint.

Bottom Center: Alvin Voisin, Gwen Roland and C.C. Lockwood reminisce over old photos during the filming of the PBS documentary based on Roland’s book, Atchafalaya Houseboat. The book is available at A Novel Experience on the square in Zebulon.

Right: Playing a harmonica on the deck after a spring shower.

C.C. Lockwood, met Roland and Voisin when stopping to ask directions and became a regular guest at the houseboat.

His stunning photographs of the couple and the surrounding swamp were snapped up by National Geographic and brought unexpected fame to all three. In 2005, Louisiana State University Press asked Roland to write a book that compiled her experiences. The result, Atchafalaya Houseboat, resonates with both vision and nostalgia. In 2008, it was made into a PBS documentary of the same name, in which Roland and Voisin, C.C., and the Swamp are reunited after 25 years.

Today, self described as “older, greyer, rounder, and a lot happier,” Roland has recently retired from 17 years as a writer for a USDA-funded Sustainable Agriculture research program. She is enjoying her return to unstructured, yet productive and home-centered days, with her husband Preston, their extensive garden, and their beloved animals.

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These days, the focus of Roland’s passion is animal rescue in Pike County, where there are with no animal control laws or shelter, and she sees spay/neuter as “the only longterm solution.” Roland explains, “Spay/neuter is the area I’ve chosen to spend my time on because it works, and it’s manageable. It breaks the chain of misery once and for all.

Each surgery prevents thousands of unwanted pregnancies down the line.” With the faltering economy, low-cost spay/ neuter is of paramount importance in making pet ownership humane and affordable. While Roland believes it’s best for a pet to have continuity of care with the same vet, she acknowledges that people often need help. “Many compassionate people in Pike County have a pack of five to nine dogs,” she says, “because there is no safety net for these animals when they show up in your driveway. Your choices are to shoot them, dump them on someone else’s dirt road, or keep them. You don’t have to be unemployed

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As chair of the Friends of Pike County Animals Spay/Neuter Committee, Roland organizes monthly low-cost clinics with surgeries performed by Dr. Christi Ware of Pike County Mobile Pet Care. “Everything except the surgical procedures is handled by our group of high-quality volunteers,” she says.

She also arranges for the Atlanta Humane Society’s mobile unit to schedule spay/neuter dates in Pike County.

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When Roland’s not trying to connect dogs with caring humans, she’s connecting humans with each other – through dance. “Everywhere we live, I start a dance group because it’s good for people. There aren’t enough places for people to touch other people who aren’t their family. To look people in the eye. To move with them. To make mistakes with them.” Roland’s current dance group is called the First Saturday Dancers, which reminds them when to show up at the Birdie Community Clubhouse in Griffin. Most of the dances have been handed down for centuries, and Roland enjoys that continuity. “‘Upon a Summer’s Day’ has been danced to that same tune since the 1600s. ‘The Virginia Reel’ was Elizabeth I’s favorite dance. It’s good, wholesome fun,” she says. Anyone can attend; no experience or talent required. “It helps if you know your right from your left, but it’s not a requirement.

Every night is for beginners. Every dance is taught and then called.”

The main caller is Ginger Pyron – a well-known English country-dance caller—who grew up in Griffin.

Donations are appreciated, but not monitored. Roland says, “If you can’t pay the donation, you need to dance more than anybody else.”

Even in retirement, Roland is still “dancing” up a storm. The curious and determined young woman who headed out to live off the land almost 40 years ago continues to inform Roland’s life. The key is not forgetting. As Roland says, “We take that young person, if we want to, into the rest of our life.”

Left: “The caller has the best view in the house,” says Roland, who often breaks into dance from sheer joy while calling old favorites like the Virginia Reel.

There is growing interest in a Pike County animal shelter, as an emergency stop for behavior assessment and medical care, but Roland recognizes that the real challenge is in changing the cultural norms surrounding spay/neuter. “I attended a pet population workshop in Macon and learned that spay/neuter awareness tracks right behind spouse abuse awareness,” and the rural South is playing catch-up with the rest of the country. “Our goal is to make spay/ neuter affordable for any pet in Pike County,” says Roland.

“In five years we will see a dramatic drop in the number of abandoned pets on our roadsides because of what we are starting now.”

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For more information on the Friends of Pike County Animals Spay/Neuter Clinics, visit www. friendsofpikecountyanimals.org

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Heidi Thompson, a local teacher who serves students with severe emotional and behavioral disorders, worked with her class to develop a cookbook that was sold to raise money for a field trip to a local restaurant.

The students discussed and practiced dining etiquette and appropriate social behavior through roleplaying.

The students then took a field trip to enjoy a served lunch at J. Henry’s. The final assignment for the students was to write a review of J. Henry’s.

This was an awesome task and experience for the students!

Demonte D., 5th Grade I love J. Henry’s! Church’s Chicken was my favorite place before J. Henry’s. Now J. Henry’s restaurant is my favorite place in the world! When I first saw this place it looked good. It had a lot of room in it. I liked that I didn’t have to touch the toilet to flush.

J. Henry’s had big mirrors and was clean and shiny. The food was so good! I ate fried chicken salad with julienne fries and the house dressing. I was sniffing the food so much because it smelled so wonderful! I loved the fries because they were really skinny and crunchy. I could put a whole, big bite in my mouth. Dessert was fancy! I had a brownie with nuts in it. The brownie had ice cream on top and went down my throat smooth. J. Henry’s was a great place! Everybody should go to J. Henry’s, even rich people.

Joshua H., 5th Grade McDonald’s was the only restaurant I’ve been to until the day of my field trip. My class and I went to J. Henry’s. It was a great experience!

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was smooth, not like the plastic one I have at home, and the pepper shaker was fancy. You had to twist it to crush up the peppercorns.

My food was mighty tasty.

The salad was WOW! The bread was soft and warm. I had never had honey butter before and it was excellent! I ate a chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries. It made me slap myself because it was so great! I ate key lime pie for dessert.

It tasted like lime.

I can’t wait to grow up so I cango back to J. Henry’s. I think I’ll even name my kid Henry, after J. Henry’s, so I’ll always remember the day I ate at J. Henry’s.

Shyneece R., 5th Grade Have you ever been to a place that was so amazing? Let me tell you about my place. It is J. Henry’s restaurant. The whole restaurant smelled fresh. I saw two of the most tremendous mirrors I have ever seen in my life. The dining room area had plants that reminded me of the jungle. The bathroom lights were designed very fashionable.

Now let me tell you about the amazing meal that I had. The honey mustard sauce smelled delicious. When I dipped my chicken tenders in the sauce, it melted in my mouth. Next, my fries were soft. When I ate them

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She made me feel like I was a royal highness. Everybody should eat at J. Henry’s restaurant. It will be fantastic!

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Greek Chicken

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Tzatziki Sauce Do ahead

2 medium cucumbers 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups whole milk or lowfat greek yogurt (plain) 2 medium cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbl dill (fresh or Litehouse freeze dried) 2 Tbl lemon juice Cut cucumbers in half, remove all the seeds, then finely grate. Place grated cucumbers in a bowl and sprinkle with salt. Let them sit approximately 10 minutes, then pour off the liquid and pat dry with paper towels. Let them sit another 10 minutes, then drain and pat dry again. Combine all ingredients, stirring well. Place in refrigerator and chill at least 8 hours. This is best made a day ahead and will stay good for up to a week if refrigerated. Stir and serve.

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2 lbs chicken (skinless breast or thigh meat) 2 Tbl paprika 2 tsp oregano 2 tsp black pepper 2 cloves garlic, finely minced 1/4 c olive oil (extra virgin recommended) 1 tsp lemon juice, or to taste 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste 6 pitas Romaine or butter lettuce leaves, washed and torn 1/4 onion, raw and cut in very thin slices Pound chicken to tenderize, then cut into long, thin strips. Place into a sealable container. Sprinkle spices and garlic onto chicken, distributing evenly. Turn chicken to coat evently. Pour olive oil over chicken and then seal container.

Refrigerate at least 30 minutes (but this can also be made up to the night before).

When ready to cook, heat 1 Tbl olive oil in a skillet on medium heat. Cook the chicken, stirring as needed, until done.

Sprinkle with lemon juice and salt, stir well.

Assemble pitas: Warm the pita bread, cut each pita in half, and stuff with chicken, lettuce, raw onion, and generous amounts of tzatziki sauce.

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Heat a large skillet to medium heat; no need to oil the pan. Add the meat in a single layer and cook through, turning as needed. Set cooked meat aside and continue cooking the meat in batches until it has all been cooked, then add all the meat back to the pan to reheat.

Serve with: Rice (brown or white), seaweed (nori), lettuce leaves, and/or kimchi (fermented vegetables). Serves 6-8.

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Glass houses and stones.

People who don’t like to vent.

I hate it when you have a lot to offer and still can’t find a job.

Please pull out in front of me one more time, doing 10 miles under the speed limit. I wish I drove a snow plow.

Quiet talkers. What is the point of talking if people can’t hear you?

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Apple fanboys and Apple haters.

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Teeny, tiny hot water heaters.

I really hate it when dogs drop “it” in our yard and don’t clean it up.

Poe: “The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of dispair.”

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The Reunion

By Vickie

Murphy West In celebration of the life of Warren Wiley

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he day was damp and dismal as I made my way up the steep, rain-soaked driveway, barely balancing a tray of cold deli sandwiches. Surrendering an eye-rolling sigh, I paused to let my breathless mama catch up as she crept along behind me, cradling her homemade cake still warm from the oven. Mama had probably been up since dawn creating her soul-soothing confection; my party platter had been hastily ordered in two minutes’ time as I impatiently watched the clock tick away my lunch hour.

Closing my eyes, I breathed in deeply – as if to inhale the very essence of the past that I so hopelessly craved to recapture – while my thoughts drifted back to a sweltering summer day. I was seventeen. Sitting cross-legged on the lawn, a kitten curled in my lap, my gal-pals and I cheered on our guys as they engaged in a friendly game of football. Our screams and

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laughter faded with the sunlight as day dissolved into dusk. Lightning bugs, with their built-in lanterns, danced in the twilight, dipping and rising in the dew-glazed grass that was cool on our bare feet.

Suddenly jolted from my daydream as mama grabbed my arm to steady herself, I remembered the reason for my presence in this place. Warren – one of the football-playing friends from my fantasy – was gone, and I was here to pay my respects to his family. My clenched fist stopped in mid-knock as the door swung open and we were welcomed inside by Warren’s mom. Though visibly worn down by the day’s events, she still managed a weary smile as she greeted us. It would have been good to see her if not for the purpose of our visit. Warren’s folks had served as a sec-

ond family to me – the dark days of my rebellious teen tantrums having raised a wall between my parents and me – yet, I hadn’t kept in touch, though I lived less than a mile away.

I saw no familiar faces as I scanned the crowded room. Being one of the few friends who still lived nearby, I was among the first to arrive. I hadn’t planned on living out my years in this town. I’d managed to escape a few times, only to be re-routed back to the hometown life that I was evidently predestined for. I couldn’t imagine what had brought Warren back to this place.

The gathering seemed surreal, like floating through fog, and all I could think about was how my day had been planned out but then my friend had to go and die, screwing up my

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Still waiting, I stood motionless as my eyes wandered up the hill to a house that guarded its grounds like a castle. Strong and safe, it had been a shelter from the storm of my turbulent teenage years. So many memories lingered beyond the embracing entrance of the familiar old place, and it welcomed me home like a wayward child for which its love had never been lost.

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date with a to-do list. I wanted to erase Warren’s passing and replace it with the memory of that lazy summer day from long ago, savoring the bits of it that were embedded in my brain.

Unable to squeeze out a tear, I indifferently dispersed condolences around the room – as cold and thoughtless as my deli tray.

future goal I’d so carelessly plopped onto paper: “To live life to its fullest.” I cringed as that faulty phrase reached up through the layers of my life and slapped me hard; it stung. Not only had I failed to live life to its fullest, but I barely had a life at all. In fact, I was life-less and laughter-less.

Warren could always make me laugh.

When Warren moved back with talk of reuniting our old gang, I ran. I had missed the opportunity to rekindle our relationship, and now it was too late. The truth was that I lived in a constant tug-of-war with the world – always grasping at success as failure jerked it just out of reach, ducking and dodging my way around life, running from relationships – and as I left Warren’s home, I wondered how I could have become so cold and uncaring over the years. For the first time, I was forced to turn and take a look at myself.

desire to live. As the Pastor wound up the service, he spoke of celebrating Warren’s life instead of mourning his death, and I began to reflect on what living life to its fullest really meant: Life can’t be truly fulfilling unless it is shared with others. Mama knew it when she made her cake, using her time and talent to help ease the suffering that comes with loss. Warren’s parents knew it when they welcomed me back into their fold with open arms, expecting nothing in return. Warren knew it when he moved back with plans to rally old friends.

The rain had begun to subside as I pulled into the parking lot, stopping far enough from the church so as not to be noticed, but near enough to study the people as they shuffled inside.

Some gathered in groups near the door, deep in quiet conversation. Others hugged in sudden I’d worked hard at pushing everyone away. I saw recognition. A few strayed in alone, heads hung. myself as a failure, not realizing that loved ones accept you just as you are, and that you have to As the crowds began to thin, I remained stuck give of yourself in this life to gain meaning from it. to my seat, a combination of guilt, dread, and gravity holding me hostage. It was time to face As the dark clouds that had dominated earlier my fears. Taking a deep breath, I pulled myself in the day began to dissipate, I caught a glimpse from my car, my feet barely brushing the pave- of Warren’s wide grin gliding in on the beams of Mama had decided to drive her own car to the ment as I made my way inside, past the buzz sunlight that streamed through the stained glass memorial service, so I dropped her off en-route of the congregation – voices appropriately low- windows of the chapel, and I understood that to pick it up. I was grateful for the solitude into ered for the occasion – and paused in front of his mission was complete. Warren had gotten

...through a tear-streaked smile, I retraced his timeless words with my fingers, smearing a single drop across his signature at the end of the page that he had filled. which I could pour the painful feelings that had simmered inside me through the course of the day. The sky wept with me; its tears trickled down my windshield and mirrored the mist that blurred my vision – all wiped away with a single motion – while my mind raced back to the day I’d learned of Warren’s death.

the guestbook, resting on a pedestal, beckoning for an acknowledgement in death that I’d not had the decency to give Warren in the last days of his life. Hesitating for a moment, I scrawled “Murph” in a vacant slot, dropping the pen as his mom quickly steered me into the sanctuary.

A front pew awaited us – a gathering of ghosts whom Warren had affectionately labeled the Retreating to my room, I’d dropped limply into “Goobers” (guys) and “Gooberettes” (girls). the chair at my desk – numbed by the news I’d The service was under way before we had a just received – and unwedged my dust-covered chance to reunite. yearbook from its resting place on the shelf, where it eerily parted at the page I’d reserved just As Warren’s brother read our names aloud from a for Warren. His entry began with “Murph,” the list and related tales of times past, the dread melted nickname he’d given me in high school. It had into a warmth that washed over me. Our clan bestuck. I could almost hear his quirky voice – full gan to reconnect. A familiar smile flashed, a shoulof life and laughter – as, through a tear-streaked der rub reassured, and a nod in remembrance of smile, I retraced his timeless words with my fin- a shared experience began to reaffirm the ties that gers, smearing a single drop across his signature bound us long ago – ties that transcend time and at the end of the page that he had filled. distance, strengthen as we go about our busy lives, and rise above position in life. We were momenFlipping further through my yearbook, I crossed tarily transported back to that lawn – laughing and paths with my senior picture. Accomplishments living life to its fullest. and ambitions listed beneath my maiden name of Murphy were few. What stole my breath was the It’s odd how someone’s death can re-ignite your

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us together for that long-awaited reunion after all. He’d had the last laugh.

The uneasiness of years spent apart faded away as we slowly seeped back into each others’ lives again, sharing photographs, and stories, and laughter. We had become a collage, connected by a past that forever formed our futures. We exchanged cell numbers and e-mail addresses, and vowed to follow up on Facebook as we slowly drifted back to our cars and our lives.

We had promised to keep in touch, but I wondered if we really would.

Later in the week, I was pleasantly surprised to hear a familiar voice – an old friend from the funeral – on my answer machine. Cleaning off my cluttered kitchen counter as I stood listening to the message, I accidentally knocked a magazine to the floor, and couldn’t help but notice the article that was revealed as I retrieved it: “How To Live Life To Its Fullest.” Looking skyward, I wagged my finger towards heaven, remembering a promise while ripping up my to-do list for the day. I had my answer.

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