We're in Franklin, Tennessee

It's Monday, July 14 and we're in Franklin, Tennessee with Betty's stepmother, Nita Wade. Betty's birth mother died from cancer when Betty was 20. Two years later, just after Betty and I married, Betty's father married Nita. She's a wonderful woman and grandmother to our two sons.

She has a great laugh and a tremendous sense of humor. She was born in Franklin, Tennessee 82 years ago when it was just a small farming community. Today it has grown enormously and is the home of several country stars. Alan Jackson's home is only a couple of miles from where Nita lives.

Today is July 14 and if today is your Birthday then you share your day with: Tommy Mottola (Sony CEO and husband of Mariah Carey), Roosevelt Grier (football player and strong Christian man), Polly Bergen (actress), John Chancellor (NBC news host), Dale Robertson (actor - "Wells Fargo"), Ingmar Bergman (Swedish film maker), Gerald R. Ford (38th US President), Woody Guthrie (folksinger - composed "This Land is Your Land"), and William Hanna (cartoonist - created "The Jetsons" and Yogi Bear").