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I received a surprise in the mail today from my dear friend Missy ~ I opened it to find tootsie rolls (my favorite) and Laffy Taffy (another favorite) but best of all a very very cute t-shirt that reads :
"good, solid, corn-fed, fun-loving, up-for-anything, all american...Midwestern girl"
now my first reaction was total laughter because I've always felt you can take the girl out of the midwest but you can never take the midwest out of the girl!
Missy knows me so well since she wrote, that when she saw it she totally thought "Stef!" which I find totally hilarious but also pretty true.
It's no secret that I struggle with the fact that all my family and most of the people I love live back in the midwest and my little family is here in California.
We love it here in the Bay Area and we've had some amazing opportunties since moving out here 7 years ago, but there are still times when I wish I could just pop over to my sisters house, play with my nephews, have dinner with my parents, hang with old friends....the list goes on.
But even though we live so far away from loved ones I am grateful for the fact that I've kept those friendships going and going strong.
Thank you Missy ~ you put a smile on my face after a long day and I will wear it with pride!
Posted by stef at November 3, 2006 08:40 PMmy mom is from ohio, and she says the same thing. she puts on a pretty convincing show as an east coast girl though!
Posted by: my pink sky at November 4, 2006 06:00 PMThining of you, here in the midwest. It is a brisk fall day and I will outside burning leaves. The smells are intoxicating. Although, I'm not sure if its kosher for the enviroment... off to do some research!
Posted by: danielle at November 4, 2006 06:12 AMFound your blog through others i read...
I, too, am a midwesterner living on the west coast now for almost 10 years. I love it here dearly, but miss my sis, too!! i know I'm a West Coaster at heart, but I'll always have a special place for the nostalgic scenes of tractors in the cornfields--great pic!