I'd like to share this with you all; it's from an old Paul Harvey radio broadcast, and was ressurected as a commercial for the Superbowl this year. Most of you may be familiar with it, but unless you live the life, it's hard to explain how everyone stopped and dropped everything all across "fly-over country" when this was broadcast - we stopped, we listened, and we remembered....
For me, the words above above are about a whole way of life. I grew up in extremely-rural north-central Montana, and came back here to make my living, such as it is; in fact, part of making my living is to visit with farmers and ranchers every day, and to make sure that they get a fair shake when "things happen." My roots are in even more-rural western North Dakota, where the words above are simply a description of every-day life.
Folks either understand it, or they don't; for those who do understand it, it's very possible that some of them might have just wiped away a tear after reading that ~ but even among those who don't understand it, there are probably a few who can surely appreciate it.
I gotta say, after reading that, I wish I could call my grandparents and visit with them; but unfortunately, there are no phones in Heaven. Signature
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For me, the words above above are about a whole way of life. I grew up in extremely-rural north-central Montana, and came back here to make my living, such as it is; in fact, part of making my living is to visit with farmers and ranchers every day, and to make sure that they get a fair shake when "things happen." My roots are in even more-rural western North Dakota, where the words above are simply a description of every-day life.
Folks either understand it, or they don't; for those who do understand it, it's very possible that some of them might have just wiped away a tear after reading that ~ but even among those who don't understand it, there are probably a few who can surely appreciate it.
I gotta say, after reading that, I wish I could call my grandparents and visit with them; but unfortunately, there are no phones in Heaven. Signature
