Where Were You Born?

I was born at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Woman's Hospital had just opened and was the place to be. It was where all the cool Mommas were having their babies. But....

My dad, being a wee bit of a Northeast Jackson snob, would not hear of having his first child born in backwards, redneck Rankin county.

Of, course the irony is that I now reside in Rankin county.

The further irony is that his beautiful capital city is, in many corners, becoming more and more ghetto-fied, daily.