Where I'm From

Peach ice cream with Grandmommy on a hot summer’s day Falling asleep on a 15 minute car drive Himalayan cats Artificial Christmas trees so we don’t get sick Oatmeal cream pies and limeade Soccer games and cross country meets Vacations to the Caribbean Peaks of Otter and Smith Mountain Lake Making silly faces and words that don’t make sense Southern accents and fresh sweet tea Being stuck in the grocery store for hours Remembering names Asthma attacks and ankle sprains High school mean girls The greenbrier river and canvas tents Songs about everything Always smiling through thick and thin Rainbows signifying it’ll be okay Never went to prom Pushing a woman in a wheel chair to vote Bruises and skinned knees Asking for a baby sister for Christmas Blue team forever and purple JCs Gov school nerds and science festivals Backstreet Boys Millennium A brother I always copied who one day got sick Loud TVs and stock market lingo A successful CPA mother who had bad luck with politics Holidays with cousins where silliness prevails Visits to New York Babysitting and Clam Digger’s Seafood Canoeing and eight year olds Surrounded by love whether I realized it or not