Mom Talk

This weekend, I’m visiting my aunt in a smallish town of about 10,000 people.  I live in a city so I’m noticing all the subtle (and not so subtle) differences in the way things are done.  The things I like:

*I love that I can walk around a playground and let my daughter run ahead without feeling like someone’s going to jump out and grab her from 5 feet in front of me.

*I love that she can play on the equipment and I can sit on a bench at 20 feet because that’s what all the parents are doing and there’s not much danger of her getting lost in the crowd.

*I love that the wait at the local steakhouse (much like an Outback) on a Friday night is 20 minutes instead of 45 to an hour, and the owner comes out several times to make sure everyone’s enjoying their meal.

*I love that it takes only 5 minutes to get anywhere.

*I love that the cost of a nice house is only about $100,000 (that’s 3 bedrooms, 2 baths!)

*I love the lazy, small town, homey atmosphere that permeates pretty much everything.  I think I’m a small town girl at heart.

 Now, I grew up in a very small town (population 2,140) and that was a bit too tiny for me.  Now that I live in the city, I find myself missing the atmosphere of the slower life.  Unfortunately, we are all stuck living wherever our jobs land us but some day I hope to get the luxury of raising my little ones in a little town like this one.