"WHERE I'M FROM"

Vee had this neat meme on her blog that she got from Shanda - Front Porch-Sweet Tea & Old Aprons and said we could all participate if we wanted. I thought I'd give it a try (since I've not got any decent photos for you today), but I'm not good at homiletics and have been my usual too-wordy self again.

Where I'm From...


I'm from a little house in Texas
with a breezeway,
From back in time
From a different place
From a simpler life.
From dad & mom, Jerry & BJ.,
a sister & a brother.
From my palomino
spring horse & all things
equine.
From cartoons &
peanut butter, puppies & kittens.
From vacation Bible school,
scratchy petticoats, gloves
& hats and patent leather shoes.
I'm from my Nanny's slick
wood floors and the
"sliding pillows",
the cold back porch,
gettin' my own switch
from the hedge,
from PawPaw's lap
reading Sunday funnypapers.
From fishing,
from hunting, &
from fixin' stuff
with my dad.
From the great outdoors.
From lizards, toads,
squirrels & birds.
I'm from falling in love at 17
& marrying my highschool sweetheart at 21.
From diapers & laundry
to letting them go.
From soccer games & ballet classes
and loud music at all hours.
From oil paints & turpentine and
splatters of color on everything I own.
From hands with paint stains
& charcoal under my nails.
From laundry in baskets and
housecleaning set aside, cobwebs in the
corners, dust on the furniture,
dishes in the sink so I can paint.
From shorthand class to bookkeeper.
Spontaneous, quirky & moody
enough to keep my husband
perplexed most of the time.
I'm wife, mom, sister, daughter, friend,
Christian, counselor, chauffer, cleaning
lady & cook.
I'm artist & homeroom
mom, set designer & biggest fan of
my kids.
I'm in love with my husband
& think there is no better man in
all the earth.
From a sinful past to a future in heaven.
I'm forgiven & loved by the One whose
relationship I cannot live without.

There you have it. I could add tons more but just tried to hit the highlights. Vee's sounds so much more poetic.... sigh....