* Name: Candace Davis
* Age: 33.
* Occupation: Marketing and public relations manager.
* Child’s name/age: Sydney, 10.
* Favorite Mother’s Day gift: “(Sydney) made me this adorable 12”x12” pillow when she was 6. She had drawn stick figures of us on it, along with a great sun and flowers. Each year she makes me an amazing card with the most precious and sweet messages.”
* Name: Phyllis Mescon
* Age: 51 years.
* Occupation: Public relations.
* Child’s name/age: Caroline, 18.
* Favorite Mother’s Day gift: “A prefabricated ceramic hedgehog that she found at a discount store. I love hedgehogs, and Caroline was thrilled to have found one to give me as a gift.”
* Name: Tami Bright Chamberlain
* Age: 35.
* Occupation: Training and quality assurance supervisor
* Children’s name/ages: Zoe, 7; Emma, 5; Shiloh, 4.
* Favorite Mother’s Day gift: “Every year for Mother's Day, I receive breakfast in bed with flowers (or weeds) fresh picked by my kids, and homemade cards. I really do look forward to the cards each year.”
* Name: Laurie Shipley
* Age: 48
* Occupation: Public affairs manager
* Child’s name/age: Keli Shipley, 16.
* Favorite Mother’s Day gift: “Anything homemade, but still use the pin cushion Keli made me in kindergarten and a beverage coaster (she made) in first or second grade with ‘I Love You Mom’ on it.”
* Name: Tina Crawford
* Age: 38.
* Occupation: Director of development/marketing.
* Child’s name/age: Izabella “Bella” Lea, 6.
* Favorite Mother’s Day gift: “A couple of years ago, my mom, Bella, my older brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew went to Food Works for Mother’s Day, then Bella and I went to see a play. Being with my family does the trick for me — no gifts needed. Love and laughter is comforting.”
Lisa Denton is deputy features editor and content editor of Current. She previously was a lifestyle, entertainment and region reporter/pod leader for The Chattanooga Times, which she joined in 1983. Lisa is from Sale Creek and holds an associate’s degree in journalism from Chattanooga State Community College. Contact Lisa at 423-757-6281 or ldenton@timesfreepress.com.
Feature writer Karen Nazor Hill covers fashion, design, home and gardening, pets, entertainment, human interest features and more. She also is an occasional news reporter and the Town Talk columnist. She previously worked for the Catholic newspaper Tennessee Register and was a reporter at the Chattanooga Free Press from 1985 to 1999, when the newspaper merged with the Chattanooga Times. She won a Society of Professional Journalists Golden Press third-place award in feature writing for ...
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