I responded with something awesome like "The people there are the best people in the world!"
Every once in a while I think of the exchange and it makes me smile again. I'd like to tell that 18-year-old a thing or two, but I just can't do it. She was so full of confidence and love and loyalty that I hate to clue her in.
Every once in a while, though, I think she might have been right. Like this Thursday, when Slice and I drove to Vernal to join the Welcome Home procession for the first Uintah Basin military man killed in action since Vietnam. It was quite a sight.
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I love that my community rallies for things like this. Businesses closed for hours - in the middle of the day - and people of all ages flocked to watch the procession without candy or scantily-clad dancers. It was solemn, short, and, in my opinion, beautiful.
I just kept thinking that I would want the same for my son.
I just kept thinking that I would want the same for my son.
Yours in the third comment I've heard this week about the ugliness of our area, but the people are so wonderful that it totally makes up for it :) It's all true!
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