Nicole Vickery:  

I want to be remembered as the one who left a smile on your face no matter how bad the day. I always wanted to be a musician when I grew up; my best friend still teases, "You should be a lounge singer!" Though my musical dreams are realized with an MP3 of great 80's Classics, I'm still a legend in my own mind. :-) My family and friends tell me so all the time! Relaxation comes best through full-on belly laughter with loved ones or dancing around the house to loud music as if nobody is watching. The wildest thing I ever did in school was cross the state line to meet my best friend at a party while telling my parents I was going to the club "Just Us." The one time I really lie they check up on me, and I got busted. I lost my car for 2 weeks. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have coffee, music, and gum to be able to deal with the day-to-day. My Grandmother Vickery who just passed away at age 90 is my hero. I look like her and share her same spirit and Cherokee heritage. She gave birth to and raised 9 children, kept a home, and grew all their food with only a 10th grade education. However, she never stopped learning, questioning, or believing even when times were hard. Coming of age at the end of WWI & Depression, times were always hard in the Deep south, yet she endured, pressed on never complaining and always a smile on her face and song in her heart. I am obsessed with Clinton Kelly...Expand for more