I've lived in the south my whole life. I was born in a small town called Mills River, located in the mountains of North Carolina. To me, my southern heritage means a lot. I feel like now that I've left my home town for the first significant amount of time in my life, I see how southern my little town really is.
For this post, I'll talk about my family because I feel like family is a huge aspect of southern heritage. My extended family all live within 10 mintues of my house. Both sets of my grandparents are natives of the town, as were their parents. My grandpa lives on 10 acres of farm and I used to help him harvest his hay, sugar cane, and corn before he grew too old to take care of it. He taught me how to drive a tractor and I used to go fishing in his pond. My grandma even had a secret recipe for bread.
I've never lived in a neighborhood and always had a big yard to play in. I still attend the same methodist church that I have all my life and that my whole family has always attended. My parents got married there and I like to think I might do the same. I went to the same elementary, middle, and high school that my dad and his parents went to.
My favorite "southern" aspect of my family is that we're all so geographically close to each other. It gives me a sense of security and more importantly a greater sense of what a family really is.
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holy moly, that's almost identical to how i grew up! My family is geographically close too, and it really does make everything easier, like you said. You're right too, you never realize how southern your town is until you move to a big place like this.
ReplyDeletethat's really awesome. these posts really show how different the south is. i wish i had learned how to drive a tractor!
ReplyDeleteI think it's really neat that there is such a strong tradition of marrying in your church...you should definitely get married there!