Authors: Rod Dreher
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Women, #General
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life (39 page)
Ray “Paw” Dreher and Dorothy “Mam” Dreher, on their back porch.
John Bickham, a surrogate son for Paw.
Ronnie Morgan
Abby Temple Cochran and Ruthie.
Dr. Tim Lindsey, at Ruthie’s kitchen table.
The Leming family:
(left to right)
Claire, Mike, Rebecca, Ruthie, and Hannah. This photo was taken days after Ruthie’s diagnosis. The family wanted to have a portrait taken before Ruthie’s appearance changed because of chemotherapy and radiation.
Courtesy of Jeannie Frey Rhodes
Three generations of West Feliciana homecoming queens: Mam, Ruthie, and Hannah.
Ruthie and daughter Claire in the hospital after her diagnostic surgery; February 2010.
The author and his sister, Ruthie.
Mike on the day Ruthie’s tombstone was delivered to Starhill Cemetery; May 15, 2012.
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Contents
One: Country Mouse, City Mouse
Five: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
Eight: Standing in the Spirit of God
Fourteen: One’s Destination Is Never a Place
Copyright © 2013 by Rod Dreher
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Lines from Charles Péguy’s poem The Portal of the Mystery of Hope come from a 1996 translation from the original French by David L. Schindler Jr. and are used with the permission of William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
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