Born and raised in Middletown, Ohio, I had the opportunity to leave the snow and ice of the North and move to the more temperate climate of Columbus, Georgia in 1985. I have never regretted that decision and have become a “Southerner by choice” according columnist Lewis Grizzard’s philosophy. I received a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Business Education with a minor in vocal music from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I have had a varied li...