Can't Take the Country Out

        "You can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl."
          That's my saying too. I never thought it was until this week when I noticed how much the farm meant to me. I'm pure country. There is a country song that says, " From LA to New York City, she goes around the world." That is so true for me. In the states, I've been from Montana to Washington DC. The outside of the state I've been from Mexico to London, England. It's neat to go to those places and get the experiences but never in my life would I love in those cities. Now Montana out. In the country is another story but still not in a big city like Bozeman,  MT. There is no place I would rather be then in the country. I always will come back to the country. Cities drive me nuts.
           I like the quietness and beauty of the country. I like the slow pace of things.  I like the hard work you do on the farm. I also like the times spent on gravel roads whether by self or with friends. I also like the simple way of life that country life brings. You don't need a big house or lots of things. Just a small cabin and family and of course some land to live on.
          There is no better way to learn about life then in the country. All the life that goes on on a farm.  The work you have to do on it. The exploring and all the thinking you can do if you have a lot of land. I mean I could go into details but I won't because those of you who live on a farm will get it.
          I grew up my first four years on a farm so it is stuck in me. It is really how I was raised plus a small town girl. They do say you learn the most important things in your life in the first 5 years of life.
           I do not like the busyness and loudness of the city. You can't see any nature or be outdoors very often. Cities just overwhelms me a lot with all those people and places. It just seems so small when the country just seems so big.
          I also like how the country women seem to be more laid back and creative or at least all the ones I know are. It could be that they are crafty, cooks, likes to sew, scrapbook, like to take pictures,  and other things.
         Some family call me "their little girl" still at the age of 26. For the older ones, that is how they remember me. I like to think of myself as the little, country girl.               My heart is country and it will stay that way forever!