Managing a mayoral campaign and my family -- at the same time

By TERRY R. CASSREINO

MADISON, Miss. (Monday, April 13, 2009) - It's been a long, long day.

I got up at 4:45 a.m. and left home at 5:15 a.m. for a trip 30 minutes away in South Jackson to WAPT-TV. There, I met my Jackson mayoral candidate, Brenda Scott, for a live TV appearance on the station's morning show.

It ended more than 12 hours later when I arrived home at about 8 p.m. after attending a mayoral campaign forum at a Jackson library -- the first of at least three forums this week. It's tough when you have 10 Democrats running in the May 5 party primary.

As you probably know by now, I am managing Brenda's campaign. It's tough.

Meanwhile, when I have time, I'm sorting through some of the photos I've taken since Pam and I went to China in December 2008 for Matthew's adoption. I hope to put together a slide show in time for his Baptism sometime this summer.

I post it when I have it completed. And I'll also post the date of the Baptism for those interested. Until then, I'm posting a great photo of me and my two children. Pam snapped this photo a coupleo f weeks ago.