As most of you know, our family has recently moved back to the small town that I grew up in. We previously lived in Danville for almost 11 years. We went from living in a town with about 34,000 people to living in a town with about 3,600 people.
My husband was born and raised in Danville. My kids were also born and raised in Danville. It's all they have ever known. None of them had a clue that living in a small town would be any different. Since moving here 2 months ago, they have been pleasantly surprised with the advantages.
I absolutely love the small town life! It feels good to be back to my roots! Here are some of MY favorite perks to small town life:
12. We live only a half mile from my mom and dad.
11. You can see the stars so clearly at night. It is amazing how bright they seem when you take away the city lights.
10. We are within walking distance to our church. The church that I have attended since I was 3 years old.
9. We are within walking distance to the grade school.
8. We got to know our neighbors pretty quickly. Of course, it's the type of thing where everybody knows everybody. One set of neighbors are the parents of a lady who goes to our church. The other neighbor is the lady that watches my cousin's kids. The other set of neighbors are friends with my Grandma and Grandpa. And the other neighbor is actually a girl that my husband grew up with. It's funny, because even though we had good neighbors in Danville, we never really got to know them (except for my BFF Shanda and her family). I have talked SOOO much more to our neighbors here than I ever did to our neighbors in Danville.
7. I feel comfortable letting the kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk out in front of our house.
6. The evenings (and actually, the daytimes as well) are generally very quiet.
5. My Grandma and Grandpa (whom I adore) drop by every now and then and bring us goodies from their garden.
4. Even though we are in a small town, we still have a McDonalds and a Subway!
3. If I need a last minute item from the grocery store, Dave can get there and back in about 8 minutes.
2. We can visit our newly renovated park and there usually isn't more than 2 other kids that we have to share it with!
Last, but not least, is my boyz favorite small town perk:
1. Just about any given time of the day, you can find a John Deere tractor driving down the road. The farmer is usually nice enough to give a wave to the kiddos and it just thrills them!
Here are a couple of my favorite recent small town stories...
One time, Dave went to pick up the pizza that we had ordered. When he got there, he realized that they didn't take debit cards. He came home literally shocked after they told him to go ahead and take home the pizza and he could bring back the money when we were done eating. I can still remember the look on his face! Ha!
Yesterday, Ashton and I went to the video store to rent some movies. As we were leaving, the cashier girl was talking to us and being friendly. As soon as Ashton and I got outside the door, Ashton says, "Man, I feel really sorry for that nice girl." I asked him, "Why do you feel sorry for her?" He said, "Because everyone must have just quit and left her there! She was the only worker in the store!" I said, "Welcome to small-town life, Ash!"
My husband was born and raised in Danville. My kids were also born and raised in Danville. It's all they have ever known. None of them had a clue that living in a small town would be any different. Since moving here 2 months ago, they have been pleasantly surprised with the advantages.
I absolutely love the small town life! It feels good to be back to my roots! Here are some of MY favorite perks to small town life:
12. We live only a half mile from my mom and dad.
11. You can see the stars so clearly at night. It is amazing how bright they seem when you take away the city lights.
10. We are within walking distance to our church. The church that I have attended since I was 3 years old.
9. We are within walking distance to the grade school.
8. We got to know our neighbors pretty quickly. Of course, it's the type of thing where everybody knows everybody. One set of neighbors are the parents of a lady who goes to our church. The other neighbor is the lady that watches my cousin's kids. The other set of neighbors are friends with my Grandma and Grandpa. And the other neighbor is actually a girl that my husband grew up with. It's funny, because even though we had good neighbors in Danville, we never really got to know them (except for my BFF Shanda and her family). I have talked SOOO much more to our neighbors here than I ever did to our neighbors in Danville.
7. I feel comfortable letting the kids ride their bikes on the sidewalk out in front of our house.
6. The evenings (and actually, the daytimes as well) are generally very quiet.
5. My Grandma and Grandpa (whom I adore) drop by every now and then and bring us goodies from their garden.
4. Even though we are in a small town, we still have a McDonalds and a Subway!
3. If I need a last minute item from the grocery store, Dave can get there and back in about 8 minutes.
2. We can visit our newly renovated park and there usually isn't more than 2 other kids that we have to share it with!
Last, but not least, is my boyz favorite small town perk:
1. Just about any given time of the day, you can find a John Deere tractor driving down the road. The farmer is usually nice enough to give a wave to the kiddos and it just thrills them!
Here are a couple of my favorite recent small town stories...
One time, Dave went to pick up the pizza that we had ordered. When he got there, he realized that they didn't take debit cards. He came home literally shocked after they told him to go ahead and take home the pizza and he could bring back the money when we were done eating. I can still remember the look on his face! Ha!
Yesterday, Ashton and I went to the video store to rent some movies. As we were leaving, the cashier girl was talking to us and being friendly. As soon as Ashton and I got outside the door, Ashton says, "Man, I feel really sorry for that nice girl." I asked him, "Why do you feel sorry for her?" He said, "Because everyone must have just quit and left her there! She was the only worker in the store!" I said, "Welcome to small-town life, Ash!"
3 comments:
I totally want to move to small town! I"m so tired of the hustle and screeching tires. I would love to move to a small quiet town. How blessed you are to have your grandparents and parents so close by.
I am glad you like small towns. They drive me crazy. After living in Albuquerque (pop.=~700,000), Santa Maria, CA (pop.=~90,000) seems way too small. I want to move up to San Luis Obispo (~265,000) or maybe (not sure about this one yet) down to just north of Los Angeles.
Just so you know - John is actually Jeff Cornelius
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