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Wednesday, July 11,2018
Jesus Christ and two wonderful men rescued me
Several years ago, a sol-
dier serving in
Afghanistan, wrote me a
fan letter. I believe, though
I am not certain, that his
admiration came from
having read my book My
Life In the Pits.
This began an email
friendship that lasted for
the duration of his deploy
ment and even a bit after
he returned home to
Arkansas.
While in Afghanistan,
he wrote that they had a
hard time getting maga
zines and reading material
so, periodically, I mailed a
box of such to him and
even included books of
mine about Southern
women.
After he returned to
Arkansas, from time to
time, he would email me
with questions about
women and why we act
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such a way. One day, he
wrote that he had stopped
on his way into a building
and held the door for a
woman behind him.
Immediately, she began
chewing on him and tell
ing him how she was per
fectly capable of opening
the door for herself and
that she didn’t need his
help.
This survivor of a cruel
war was wounded. His
email practically wept.
“Did I do something
wrong? I was only trying
to be gentlemanly.”
“That was not a
Southern woman, I can
promise you that,” I wrote
back. “Do not let this dis
courage you. Many more
women than not appreciate
a gentlemanly gesture.”
Which brings me to how
two men rescued me and
my gratitude. In 2019,
Penguin Putnam will be
releasing a 20th
Anniversary edition of my
first book, “What Southern
Women Know (That Every
Should).” Since we’re
friends, I’ll be honest: It
has proven to mean a great
deal to me that something
I wrote two decades ago is
being celebrated with a
new edition. The publisher
asked for updates to the
text. There weren’t many.
It turns out that, as the
cover proclaims, they real
ly are timeless secrets.
Mostly, I had to change
the tense that had Mama in
the present and put her
(sadly) in the past. They
also asked for an after
word.
This proved problemat
ic. It was to be a 1500-
word essay and though I
could rip that off fairly
quickly, it was the content
that concerned me. What
were the most important
things to say?
I whipped out one draft.
I didn’t like it. I tried a
second draft, struggling
with it for weeks. I think
I’ve begun to struggle
because Tink always talks
about envying me for how
quickly my writing comes.
Finally, I took myself
down to Mama’s house,
spent the night, then got
up the next morning and
started writing away. The
stories and words were
exactly what I wanted to
say. I was typing fast and
furiously when my thumb
hit a button that erased the
entire document. The page
was blank while a feeling
of blankness swept over
me. I tried to recover what
I’d written but couldn’t
find it anywhere. I texted
Tink. Like a dashing
knight in armor, he arrived
in moments on the door
step.
I was speechless. Then,
as Tink began to pray, I
began to wail. Trust me.
My wailing is something
you never want to see. It’s
not a pretty sight.
“Let me run this down
to Ed,” said Tink, who is
beginning to use Southern
vernacular and has devel
oped a strong trust in the
computer sorcery of our
dear friend, Ed Ivey. He
darted out of the house,
computer under arm, and
headed off. Meanwhile, I
paced the floor, praying.
Then I tried to recreate
what I had written earlier
but no words would come.
In about an hour, Ed
called. “Let me read you
something and see if I’m
onto the right thing.” He
began reading the words I
had painfully drained out
of my soul over the past
month.
I profusely thanked Ed.
Then Jesus. Then Tink.
Jesus and those two
wonderful men rescued
me. For the record, I don’t
mind being rescued by a
man. Or two.
Or having my door
opened by one.
Ronda Rich is the best-sell
ing author of Mark My
Words: A Memoir of Mama.
Visit www.rondarich.com to
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newsletter.
DAWSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WORK SESSION AGENDA - 4 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 12
GOVERNMENT CENTER ASSEMBLY ROOM
NEW BUSINESS
1. Presentation of Request for Funds to Renovate Chamber of
Commerce Office for Economic Development Purposes-
Development Authority Chairman Brian Trapnell
2. Presentation of Request for Water Tank Purchase for the
Wildcat Community- Emergency Services Director Danny
Thompson
3. Presentation of Dawsonville Self Storage Site Plan as
Required by Zoning Stipulation- Planning & Development
Director Jason Streetman
4. Presentation of Request to Adopt Update to Capital
Improvements Element of Comprehensive Plan- Planning &
Development Director Jason Streetman
5. County Manager Report
6. County Attorney Report
7. Executive Session
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