By: Greg Weatherbee
When I think about why I write, why I sit down and try to turn ordinary moments into something worth reading, I can trace it back to three men who shaped my idea of what a column should be. They didn't all shape me in the same way, and they didn't all even know they were doing it. But Rick Bragg, Lewis Grizzard, and my dad each left their fingerprints on the way I string words together.