The best summer of my life was working in Nantucket right after I graduated from Virginia. Southerners have a way of gravitating to one another. While other regions of the countries have 6 degrees of separation, we often have just one. I remember meeting a University of Georgia co-ed working at sandwich shop. I asked her where she was from. “Washington, Georgia.” You must know my friend Marsh Pierce. “Yes, he’s my cousin,” and BOOM, friends for life. To this day, I keep up with friends I met that summer from Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee. We all consider that the best summer of our lives.
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