Humans of the Glorified Sidewalk is a collaborative feature between Atlanta Loop and Jessie Fream, who regularly walks the Beltline with her camera and shares what she sees. For more information about the name of this feature, click here. 

“We work directly with each other in the operating room at the Orthopedic Spine Surgery Center. We perform abdominal surgeries where we go in through the abdomen…”

Are y’all religious or spiritual? I’d imagine you might have some moments in there…

“Welllllllllllll, I’m not…”

“I am.”

“But if the patient believes, we pray with them. Sometimes they use spirituality to cope with what’s going on. Sometimes it’s the patient’s first surgery in their lives and they’re scared, so we grant their wish.”

Do you lead it, or let them?

“Sometimes they do, sometimes they ask. Whatever the patient asks, that’s what we do.”

So, apparently today’s a good day to lose things 😳 if these keys are yours, they’re at Ponce City Market with the bike folks. If you don’t pick them up before they close, they’ll be at security ✌️

“I like first grade better than kindergarten because you do harder stuff. Harder math and stuff. Math’s my favorite subject because it’s fun.”

How long have you been skateboarding?

“Since I was 4, now I’m 6.”