Blogtember: Where I'm From

Well hello, welcome back from the long weekend.  My weekend was incredibly relaxing and the thunderstorm we had on Monday afternoon was just a bonus! I hope yours was great too!

This month Jenni from Story of My Life is hosting Blogtember, a blogger challenge.  The idea is to blog 20 out of the 30 days in September, with a different prompt assigned to each day.  Challenge accepted!  I plan on continuing with the Meal Plan Monday posts and High Five for Friday's in addition to the Blogtember posts so prep yourselves for a ridiculous amount of babbling.

September 3, 2013 

Describe where of what you come from.  The people, the places, and/or the factors what make up who you are.

I come from an incredibly small town.  Like Mayberry but we live in color and we have Sheriffs but they certainly are not Andy Griffith.  I graduated from High School with every friend I made in Pre-School.  There are fields of cows, no stop lights and one central area that houses the "store", gas station and Post Office.  Where I came from, everyone knew everyone.  Literally.  Normally this was a good thing unless, you drove some kid home from a party you told your parents you weren't going to and then their mom told your mom to thank you for driving their kid home.  Oy!  All of the kids in our community really were raised by the entire "village" to some extent.

I grew up in a bigger family with two older brothers and a younger sister.  Our parents taught us about work ethic, the value of a dollar and determination from a very young age.  I've technically worked continually since I was 13 or so and started out as a babysitter. The values my parents and family instilled in me lead me to becoming a bank Service Manager at 20, being the first in my family to earn a college degree and owning/remodeling/maintaing a home with my fiance at 23.  My family has demonstrated why weathering through life's storms is worth it and how hard work always pays off.

Then there's my Grandparents.  I never really saw my Mom's parents together that I can remember, since her father passed away when I was 2 1/2, but I know from stories and from photos that they loved each other dearly.  I am fortunate enough to still have my Father's parents in my life, who just celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary.  To me, my Grandparents are a prime example of how a marriage should be, full of unconditional love, support and faith.  I think their marriage stands out the most to me because at 93 and 96, I know they still love each other as much as they did when they married in their twenties, if not more.  Since no one else in my family is that old yet, I'll let my grandparents set the bar.  

And that my friends, is where and who I came from.