if they knew me
I do not feel like I fit in with my family anymore. It is a very strange feeling. We grew up in the deep southern country. Booksmarts we not considered as useful as street smarts. We 'loved everybody' but our way of life was the best. Staying was more valuable than going . Everyone in their right mind participated in the sweet tea drinking, southern baptist, animal raising, country folk way of life. ...yeah...not so much my thing anymore... I live in and love the city. I am a first generation college graduate - with a chemistry degree no less (growing up, the word 'scientist' was synonymous with people who were 'we-came-from-monkeys-atheist' and who 'make-up-nonsense-from-their-make-believe-lab.'). I am currently teaching in a public school. My schedule is full. My husband and my friends are very different from me and each other. My faith has broadened denominationally. I love cultural foods - my favorite part is wh...