March 2024 archive

City of Birmingham’s StrongHer campaign has stories of rebirth and reinvention that inspire

StrongHer honoree Candace Chandler during the unveiling of the StrongHer art exhibit at Birmingham City Hall on March 8, 2024. (Amarr Croskey, For The Birmingham Times)

By Chanda Temple

Losing her husband to a massive heart attack was gut-wrenching for Candace Chandler. Then, one month later, she miscarried the couple’s first baby.

Another gut-wrenching moment.

Experiencing the back-to-back losses in 2017 left Chandler lost, confused and severely depressed.

“I said, ‘Lord, I can’t do this anymore.’ I wanted to give up,’’ she said. “I went from being at the mountaintop to the valley.”

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