Where I'm from......

Bit · 09-24-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bard

so I see I ran from what I already had and now spent years trying to get back to it

Ah Bard, but you needed to be the person you are today, and that person had to grow through other experiences. I don't think it's ever a mistake to expand our experience of life... even though I totally get how frustrating it can be to need to get back to where we started! I would SOOO move to the country--or at least a very small town--in a heartbeat if only I could.

Jess · 09-24-2010, 03:05 PM

Where I am from, the median income is around 22,000. There are few jobs to be had and depression both financially and emotionally runs deeper than the veins of coal in the mountains.

We do have a hella lotta heart here though and as much as things never change, they never stay the same either.

We just returned home a bit ago from a meeting with the boys guidance teachers and his classroom teachers. As some of you know, he has been in a "special" school for the past five or so years, with his teachers there saying he would never be able to be mainstreamed.

When we enrolled him, we were very straightforward about who we are as a couple and as his very involved and active parents. We have been nothing but welcomes graciously by his teachers and all of the staff at the school we have encountered.

The schools in our little county, while working with a shoestring budget ( as most are across the country) have been winners of National awards for teaching excellence. From what I have seen, they deserve it!

Our boy is making A's and B's mainstreamed with very few allowances made for his different ability. He is excelling in his classes and making friends and being outgoing. I simply could not be more proud! ( Well,maybe if he would bathe and clean his room.. LOL )

I agree with Bard and Bit, that sometimes going away and coming "home" makes a huge difference in how we view what is really important. For me, it's my family. Even if home is tucked away under a foothill of an old mountain covered in red clay.

christie · 09-24-2010, 03:58 PM

CrankyOldGuy · 10-09-2010, 10:06 AM

....it is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon!

Tcountry · 10-09-2010, 10:12 AM

The Midwest...where if you are not from there or good at geography...it really doesn't matter what state cause it's all fields...lol

Zimmeh · 09-03-2016, 06:28 PM

I was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. I loved my grandparents who were from Alabama. I miss the old ways!

Zimmeh

Kätzchen · 09-03-2016, 07:33 PM

Where I'm from.....

I grew up in the southern part of The Gem state, where we had four distinct seasons: Chilly springs, incredibly warm summers, an amazing autumn, and breath taking winters. On cold clear nights, you could see a hint of the Northern lights or see Orion, Ursa, the Little and Big Dipper or any number of shooting stars. Or you could even see the cross on Table Rock,, lit up in blue lights, even though our farm was just a few miles from the Snake River canyons, where Bald eagles soared majestically. On a hot summer's day, big diamond-back rattle snakes would make themselves warm, coiled up on the hot concrete back roads.

Dad drove over 32 miles to work, mom drove nearly the same distance in the opposite direction. We took care of the farm by tending to our cattle and horses, pigs, bunnies, and chickens. We even tended to gardening big rows of crops, which we wpuld can in the fall. Or, we picked apples and pears and Italian prunes from our small orchard of fruit trees.

On Sunday, we traveled to our grandparents hometown for church. Week days we attended a small school that served our farming community. We would pass fields of golden grain or hay or mint.... the air was pungent with beauty of seasonal crops.

Two mountain ranges could be seen from either side of our property. Trains often lumbered across our property, at a distance, mostly at night.

Favorite memories include visiting my favorite aunt and uncle and our cousins who lived upstate near Bear Valley.... we would often spend a week at their house, during the winter holidays. Sometimes our families would go hunting for elk, up in the Clearwater forest.

Truly good memories from days long ago.

C0LLETTE · 07-03-2020, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by CrankyOldGuy

....it is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon!

I totally misread this quote and thought Cranky was from a place where it is illegal to detain a horny pigeon. lol

09-24-2010, 03:58 PM	#3
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09-24-2010, 03:05 PM	#2
Jess Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: decidedly indifferent Preferred Pronoun?: other Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Patrick Springs, VA Posts: 2,812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,247 Thanked 5,700 Times in 1,682 Posts Rep Power: 0	Where I am from, the median income is around 22,000. There are few jobs to be had and depression both financially and emotionally runs deeper than the veins of coal in the mountains. We do have a hella lotta heart here though and as much as things never change, they never stay the same either. We just returned home a bit ago from a meeting with the boys guidance teachers and his classroom teachers. As some of you know, he has been in a "special" school for the past five or so years, with his teachers there saying he would never be able to be mainstreamed. When we enrolled him, we were very straightforward about who we are as a couple and as his very involved and active parents. We have been nothing but welcomes graciously by his teachers and all of the staff at the school we have encountered. The schools in our little county, while working with a shoestring budget ( as most are across the country) have been winners of National awards for teaching excellence. From what I have seen, they deserve it! Our boy is making A's and B's mainstreamed with very few allowances made for his different ability. He is excelling in his classes and making friends and being outgoing. I simply could not be more proud! ( Well,maybe if he would bathe and clean his room.. LOL ) I agree with Bard and Bit, that sometimes going away and coming "home" makes a huge difference in how we view what is really important. For me, it's my family. Even if home is tucked away under a foothill of an old mountain covered in red clay.

09-03-2016, 07:33 PM	#7
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: As a very feminine woman. Relationship Status: Unavailable (on hiatus). Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near smoke signals in the sky. Posts: 16,191 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,503 Thanked 33,605 Times in 10,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Where I'm from..... I grew up in the southern part of The Gem state, where we had four distinct seasons: Chilly springs, incredibly warm summers, an amazing autumn, and breath taking winters. On cold clear nights, you could see a hint of the Northern lights or see Orion, Ursa, the Little and Big Dipper or any number of shooting stars. Or you could even see the cross on Table Rock,, lit up in blue lights, even though our farm was just a few miles from the Snake River canyons, where Bald eagles soared majestically. On a hot summer's day, big diamond-back rattle snakes would make themselves warm, coiled up on the hot concrete back roads. Dad drove over 32 miles to work, mom drove nearly the same distance in the opposite direction. We took care of the farm by tending to our cattle and horses, pigs, bunnies, and chickens. We even tended to gardening big rows of crops, which we wpuld can in the fall. Or, we picked apples and pears and Italian prunes from our small orchard of fruit trees. On Sunday, we traveled to our grandparents hometown for church. Week days we attended a small school that served our farming community. We would pass fields of golden grain or hay or mint.... the air was pungent with beauty of seasonal crops. Two mountain ranges could be seen from either side of our property. Trains often lumbered across our property, at a distance, mostly at night. Favorite memories include visiting my favorite aunt and uncle and our cousins who lived upstate near Bear Valley.... we would often spend a week at their house, during the winter holidays. Sometimes our families would go hunting for elk, up in the Clearwater forest. Truly good memories from days long ago.