Small Town Normalities

In the Tree House: Small Town Normalities

By: Samantha Stroube Daviss

My primary job as a real estate appraiser definitely takes me out of my comfort zone; I have been places, seen things, and encountered happenings that I wouldn’t normally encounter on an everyday basis. But this week being out on an appraisal with my dad, something happened, that made me giggle, and be so appreciative of living in a small town and being a native Texan.

This column is just meant for a quick giggle and to see if you know what I am talking about, and how many of these you can relate to, personally.

You can take a person out of a small Texas town, but you can’t take the small town out of a person…

You know you are form a small Texas town if…

15) When you see the football stadium lights, reminds you that it is Friday night;

14) You are introduced to a stranger as who your “kin folk” are, and what “they did” for a living;

13) You aren’t introduced by your name (or if you are a female, by your married name) you are introduced as someone’s grandchild or great grandchild (and by your maiden name, not your married name);

12) Directions are given by turning or stopping at landmarks that existed some 30 odd years ago at that particular spot;

11) When you see a tractor rolling down a major highway, as a mode of transportation and it’s not considered odd;

10) When the shoulder of a road is considered (or treated as) a “passing lane”;

9) Your dream car is a loaded SUV or pickup truck;

8) Boones Farm and Box Wine is your drink of choice;

7) Everyone gets excited about a new drive thru restaurant or the talk of a new Super Store coming to your town;

6) Seeing a sign on the side of a major highway leading out of town warning you that the horses are tethered with a sign that reads “Ponies aren’t lose”;

5) You wave to a total stranger on a back farm to market road and not even think twice about waving;

4) The first date you had (with your future husband) was a balancing contest on the rails of a railroad track off some forgotten road;

3) When you tell someone you will meet them at “The Y”, and you don’t mean the YMCA, you mean an actual “Y” in the dirt road;

2) If your country club has a little more “country” and a little less “club”;

And the #1 reason that lets you know you are from a small Texas town, love it, and wouldn’t trade it for the world or another lifestyle is…

1)When you are out on a back farm to market road, cattle are loose, so you call 9-1-1 to report it and the operator doesn’t hesitate to answer your request.

Everyone comes from different walks of life…and lives in different places. But it’s what you make of it and how much you enjoy it. Ignore the bad, make the good shine through, and just enjoy what you have been given. Never live your life wondering if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.