Fitting in is Overrated…

With our 2 year anniversary just around the corner, living in Tyler, Texas has been both a blessing and a challenge. It  has broadened my horizons. In fact, it has opened my eyes, mouth and sometimes even made me look away. Yet I keep coming back for more, almost instinctual. I’m sure I have the highest rate of recidivism to this town ever measured, like a kid to candy,  I’m lured by a very intriguing sweetness to Smith County and I’m becoming more and more dependent as time goes by. I know what it is and I’m not sure I want to give it away just yet. But  this much is sure, in a small town in the South your identifiable and you mean something whether your at the grocery or the dry cleaners. With that said, picture me with two kids in tow, I’m constantly being profiled. I’m the gorilla in the room, the one who doesn’t quite blend in with the rest but there’s hope and I believe with a few more transplants and a successful PTO Presidency I just might be the one people begin to understand, embrace and truly get to know. Here’s to the indulgence of a piece of Smith County with a scoop of Mom’s respect in the coming year…

It’s never given but always earned…..