On the day before my son's wedding, I was asked how I feel? Of course it feels strange that my child is taking a very adult step in his life and

Sometimes it really is your first rodeo.

I live on a mountain outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. The view one street over is of the whole valley, including the tallest and most notable mountain in Chattanooga. I just got back from visiting

The fog hung heavily in the sky. It made the air as damp as a long-sleeve shirt from a washer with a broken spin cycle.

It feels like a missed opportunity that I have never leaned in to the silent H in my last name. It has no impact on either the one-syllable or the two-syllable