Women at Work

Girl, You Can Be Anything You Want, as Long as it is a Teacher or a Nurse  My Mom was born in 1911, the youngest of eight, on a farm in middle Tennessee. She had her sights set on being a doctor, but her father laughed at the idea. He said, “Annie Ruth, you can

Life Lessons: Mr. Early Achiever

I’ve never enjoyed waiting for things. Patience is a muscle I’ve had to exercise and strengthen, whether I’ve wanted to or not. Ironically, one of the hardest things to wait patiently for is “experience.” Of course, always looking for a more efficient way, I wondered if I could gather up others’ experiences and learn from