25 Reasons I Love Small Town, WV
1. We still have a "main street" filled with little shops
2. This main street has 2 lanes
3. There is no hazy, gray smog filled sky
4. Over five generations of my family have been born and raised in West Virginia
5. I can be to the beach in 4 hours
6. I can be to the mountains in 10 minutes
7. Three letters - W V U!!!
8. Lightening bugs fill my yard on summer nights
9. I know my pharmacy customers by name
10. We speak when we see each other outside the pharmacy
11. Fall hometown football games (Go Bulldogs!!!)
12. I can be to Baltimore in 1 hour and 30 minutes
13. I live less than 2 hours from DC
14. We get four distinct seaons
15. Summer is riddled with church yard parties*
16. My dad still cures his own hams with our ancestors' recipe
17. Store bought country ham sucks compared to my Dad's!
18. At Christmas, our whole family treks out in the woods together and cuts down our own tree
19. My sister lives less than 5 minutes from my house
20. My brother lives less than 20 minutes from my house
21. My family roots are strong in this town
22. I worked at a cement plant to help pay for college doing manual labor - as did my brother and sister
23. My dad worked at this plant for 41 years
24. My dad's father was killed at this plant in 1962
25. Every Sunday, my whole family comes home for dinner**
*Yard parties consist of the church elders cooking homemade food, like pan-fried chicken, country ham sandwiches, homemade chicken noodle soup, and homemade ice cream.
**My parents had to buy a giant dining room table for these meals because when all my siblings and their families come home, there are 12 of us sitting at that table. I wouldn't have it any other way. :)
2. This main street has 2 lanes
3. There is no hazy, gray smog filled sky
4. Over five generations of my family have been born and raised in West Virginia
5. I can be to the beach in 4 hours
6. I can be to the mountains in 10 minutes
7. Three letters - W V U!!!
8. Lightening bugs fill my yard on summer nights
9. I know my pharmacy customers by name
10. We speak when we see each other outside the pharmacy
11. Fall hometown football games (Go Bulldogs!!!)
12. I can be to Baltimore in 1 hour and 30 minutes
13. I live less than 2 hours from DC
14. We get four distinct seaons
15. Summer is riddled with church yard parties*
16. My dad still cures his own hams with our ancestors' recipe
17. Store bought country ham sucks compared to my Dad's!
18. At Christmas, our whole family treks out in the woods together and cuts down our own tree
19. My sister lives less than 5 minutes from my house
20. My brother lives less than 20 minutes from my house
21. My family roots are strong in this town
22. I worked at a cement plant to help pay for college doing manual labor - as did my brother and sister
23. My dad worked at this plant for 41 years
24. My dad's father was killed at this plant in 1962
25. Every Sunday, my whole family comes home for dinner**
*Yard parties consist of the church elders cooking homemade food, like pan-fried chicken, country ham sandwiches, homemade chicken noodle soup, and homemade ice cream.
**My parents had to buy a giant dining room table for these meals because when all my siblings and their families come home, there are 12 of us sitting at that table. I wouldn't have it any other way. :)
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