I spent 20 years in Nashville and my Mom lives in Mississippi,

They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.

Nashville has become sort of this go-to writing city for every genre.

They often said the years they spent in Dothan were the best of their lives. They had lived in many different places and done many things but they really loved this area and its people.

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

have spent their lives working to erect the stature and posture of the U.S. as a leader in the world ... and we simply see that edifice crumbling.