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Automotive Accessories Laser Measured FloorLiner™ Proudly Designed Engineered and Manufactured in America For Canadian Customers : WeatherTech.ca For European Customers : WeatherTechEurope.com All-Weather Floor Mats Applications to ﬁt over 900 vehicle models 800-441-6287 WeatherTech.com ©2013 by MacNeil IP LLC vending machine in America. “I couldn’t give that cookie away.” It’s a sharp indictment, especially from a man whose dignity is so wrapped up in the adoration afforded him each day because of that cookie’s enduring popularity. Loyalty ranks high in any recipe for life. So does esteem—for one’s self and for others. But from whom would Amos have learned these things? When the subject of his mother and father comes up, he disappears for a minute, then returns with a small spice bottle that he sets before me. The cap reads, “Your Fine Taste Is Showing.” Inside the bottle are Ruby’s ashes. “Remember when I told you we put some of her in the ocean?” he says. “Well, here’s the rest.” Amos’ mother eventually followed her son to New York, and then to L.A. She died in 1994, as disapproving and terrifying as ever. Did he ever see his father again? “Once,” he says, almost inaudibly. “I was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, in Biloxi, and I went to Tallahassee for a weekend. Some friends were headed in that direction, so I caught a ride, and I saw him.” Picking up one of his business cards, Amos absently begins sweeping into a small pile the loose sugar scattered across the counter. “I wanted my dad to buy me a jacket, but he wouldn’t. I always wanted my dad to give me something, but he never gave me anything, really. So we—I never— I never saw him after that.” I ’m worried about my father, and I’m looking for a way that I can take care of him,” Greg Amos says. He’s on the phone from his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he works as a freelance writer. Greg doesn’t remember feeling angry when his father took off on him, at age 5. His fury didn’t surface until he reached 30. http://www.billiardfactory.com/swa http://www.billiardfactory.com/swa http://www.WeatherTech.com http://www.WeatherTech.ca http://www.WeatherTech.com http://www.WeatherTechEurope.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Spirit Magazine - September 2013

Contents
Gary's Greeting
Gary's Greeting en Español
Star of the Month
Freedom Story
From the Editor
Your Words
Your Pictures
Media Center
Eat Drink Sleep
The Numbers
Business
Chomp, Chomp
"Are You Famous Amos?"
Health
Calendar
Fun!
Spotlight
Community Outreach
Products and Services
Flight Service
Terminal Maps
Information
Rapid Rewards Partners
Route Map
The "If" List

Spirit Magazine - September 2013