The story of Nashville is not just a story of easy living. Life happens. Sometimes life presents obstacles. Even tragedy. And yet more often life’s difficulties bring out the best in people. A winter tornado was not in anyone’s plans for 2020. And yet when it struck Nashville people rose to help one another.

East Nashville Molly Green store owners and staff stand in the destroyed interior of their former East Nashville location a week after a deadly tornado cut a 65-mile swath across Nashville and middle Tennessee. From left, Brandon Hartwell, Proprietor; Kelsey Wells, Web and Social Director; Brittany Hartwell, Proprietor; Heather Johns, Visual Merchandising Director; Jessica Lanier, Store Manager; and Mary Lokey, Stylist.