I admired myself in the mirror, like the scene in Runaway Bride where Julia Roberts gracefully moves like a bell in her stunning dress for her third wedding. I quietly thought about where I could cut corners in the wedding budget to make sure this dress would be mine, but my calculations were all too soon interrupted by my mother, “One more appointment! We can’t be late.”…

This past weekend, I visited my happy place- Oxford, Mississippi. Oxford is a sleepy college town rich in culture. It is filled with incredible writers both past and present, SEC football, and extremely delicious southern food. As I visited a popular eatery, lovingly referred to as “chicken on a stick”, I couldn’t help but remember one of my favorite and somewhat embarrassing stories…