Sunday, February 4, 2024

Growing Up In Small Town America Part 5

 

JUST A COUNTRY GIRL

Mother lived by proverbial sayings, of which there are many even sprinkled throughout this paper: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, anything worth doing, is worth doing right, etc. The list goes on and on. It was a quick and easy way for Mother to make a point. I continued to use these sayings as they are just part of me. When I went to Baylor and used them in my natural dialogue, some people looked at me as if I had grown a third eye.

Back then, I never dreamed of seeing a guy wear an earring or shave their bodies.

Tattoos were frowned upon and were considered as making someone look like a tramp or cheap. Why would we destroy the natural beautiful skin that God gave us?  They were mostly only seen on military guys and not many of those. Making-out became the term for what mother called sparking.


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