About six years ago, I went through a period I call my Monogram Years. It was around the time of my wedding, and my husband and I were registering for gifts. But not just any gifts! Monogrammed gifts.

Alexis Savannah Smith always complains she can't monogram her guest towels because no one will use them. Monograms are a very big deal in the South, and a good Southern mother knows to not only be ...