December 2, 2017. Colmesneil, TX. City Boy

I grew up in Poughkeepsie and Schenectady, NY, attended college in New York City and Law School in Washington, D.C. Karen and I have lived in the Denver suburbs, Tulsa, OK and Fort Collins, CO. By anyone's definition, I am a "City Boy". I have never had a pet, done no more than grow tomatoes and zucchini, never hunted, have fished less than a dozen times with limited or no success and have ridden a horse maybe four times. What I have experienced the past four years in Arkansas, Georgia and now East Texas has been a rude awakening to country life and our living full-time in a motor home has been eye-opening, as well, to "roughing it".
With Loren and Diane we have seen a whole different style of life, we have learned a lot over our time on the road, and I have to admit, it is tough to even visit a small sized city without wanting to be back in the country. Today we went to Beaumont, a city of about 130,000 and it was good to stop on the way back to Colmesneil to pick up five dozen eggs off the farm and visit with a momma pig, and four baby pigs who were just as eager to visit with us as we were to visit with them. With our exposure to the animals at the Passion Play, there's a lot to be said for being in the country and away from the noise, congestion and busyness of any city of any size.
God has truly opened my eyes to a whole different life, a different appreciation for the hard working farmers, ranchers, small town ethics, knowing your neighbor and helping each other through the difficulties of life, the floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, work injuries and other hardships of country life. Karen grew up in rural Colorado and Utah, but adapted to city life for almost forty years of our marriage and is now returning to her "roots" as I come to appreciate them more than by occasional visits to the hometowns of her early years.
One day we will probably "retire" from our current retirement life. More than likely it will be to a rural environment or small town with my dream of some acreage and a donkey. If it be God's will, so it will be. If not, Lord, please don't send us to a big city, and Lord.......especially not to Atlanta.





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