I will never forget.

It rained and rained and rained that day. I don’t think I had ever seen such a continuous downpour that lasted for two whole days, starting on May 1, 2010.

By the time all the rain ended, much of Nashville was under water.

I remember seeing news footage of a portable school building floating down the interstate, carried away by flood waters.

I remember after the waters receded, I saw a message spray painted on a garage door that said, “Storms Leave. Love Shines. We Survive.”

And we did.

I haven’t heard one mention of that infamous 1000-year flood that hit the Middle Tennessee area. But that’s probably because I haven’t watched much TV at all today.

But I still remember. That was a day that Nashville made all the major news outlets, but not for any sports-related or music-related reasons.

We did survive. So many rallied together and volunteered and helped to clean and restore and rebuild. We came together as a community in the days that followed. I wish we could recapture the unity we had then.

Hopefully, it won’t take another natural disaster or other tragedy for Nashville to come together again. Maybe this time it will be true revival.