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Life After Death: Former Tennessean Columnist Reflects On The Layoffs

By Kleinheider Posted on December 4, 2008 at 8:32 am

Tim Chavez consoles his newly sacked former colleagues with his story of life after Gannett:

First, God, saved my life. So my my life is dedicated to his will and the people around us in need. Yes, I write a blog that no one really reads. I am a nobody and technically a failure at 50 years of age. I can’t help people like I could when I was a columnist in a newspaper that reached a lot of people.

But God still provides us opportunities. Yes, I’m still a failure. I make little money compared to what I did as a columnist with a long career. I feel shame and am glad my parents are not alive to see me this way. But I still believe God kept me alive for a reason.

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One Responses to “Life After Death: Former Tennessean Columnist Reflects On The Layoffs”

  1. Donna Locke writes
    December 4th, 2008 7:24 pm

    Tim isn’t a failure, I wish he didn’t feel that way, and I do read his blog, but his championing of illegal immigration and his opposition to enforcement of our laws are shortsighted views and and dangerous. I know he believes his is the compassionate thing to do, though I suspect other, less virtuous motives, based on my reading of him. But we don’t live in an ideal world, and there are things, people, worlds, and a future that must be protected, and sometimes tough measures are justified on that account.

    You are not a failure, Tim.

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