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It is easy in trying times to think of yourself as one small cog in the machine, a spec in the wheel of time. What can I do? What influence will this meager bit make? Childhood memories of Southern family gatherings illustrate that impact is not just how much you pay for dinner. My mission was clear and the duty assigned in no particular order. The qualifications amounted to being the closest child around and having your name called. Which was how I found myself walking with

A once widespread custom that now exists only in the memories of those who remember, sitting up with the dead is perhaps a more humane way of handling loss. A childhood experience made it unmistakably clear that life in the South follows traditions both distinctive and deeply rooted.

A Friday night visit to a Waffle House brings sustenance. A simple place filled with memories reminds us what a wonderful world it truly is.