Shelby Dupree, ex-law student and writer of stories.: A Grandfather's Legacy

Thursday, May 28, 2009

A Grandfather's Legacy

This linked story is one of a thousand to read before you die.

It truly is a grandfather's legacy. It speaks of passion and history and events and people who need to be remembered. Things that are often forgotten . . .

Remembering the past and moving into the future are tightly woven together.

2 comments:

jojo said...: great post...as always, very insightful and thought provoking.

I love the new header! Is it you? How are you doing...I know you were rather contemplative last week.

Thanks for your comments...I love hearing from you..;p; May 28, 2009 4:46 PM
TC said...: I've missed reading these. Hopefully I'll have a chance to keep up better now!; June 10, 2009 10:34 AM

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Home of the 1,000 Posts to Read Before You Die.

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May it please the Court.

My name is Shelby Dupree and I am counsel for the . . .

This is a case about a girl who tried to beat the odds (and still will).

She went to law school last year at age forty (ok, now it's been a couple years and now I'm early mid-forties), with a husband and two teenagers in tow. She worked her @#$ off, and is now working full time as a para "worker" - a job she would almost do for free because she enjoys it so (I just got a very small raise, so I actually do the job for almost free).

She loves the law. Pure and simple, and she'll never do anything else.

The law is an addiction - Shelby's all consuming passion.

"The issue here is the rule of law." - spoken by Judge Michael P. Mills, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, in a recent sentencing hearing in a tragic case of corruption too close to home for comfort.
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I'm a southerner, in the true-ist sense of the word. I'm an old soul, my accent is sweet and I simply adore the story telling of my people - and Pat Conroy is one of the best storyists evuh.

Shelby Dupree, ex-law student and writer of stories.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

A Grandfather's Legacy

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