I am from

            A family of four kids…

                  Sandwiched in the middle.

 I am from

            A family with Baptist Roots…

                  Sunday School, Church, and Amazing Grace.

 I am from

            Old wooden windmills…

       Spinning in a West Texas breeze.

 I am from

Spring Break vacations…

                   Running on a Padre Island beach and catching big fish.

 I am from

            Rows and rows of cotton fields…

                   John Deere tractors and summers of hoeing and pulling weeds.

 I am from…

            Sandstorms and the smell of fresh falling rain.

                    No mountains to hide a picture-perfect rainbow.

 I am from

           Milk cows and metal buckets…

                   A small girl churning butter on Saturday mornings.

  I am from

            The old red barn…

                   Baby calves, fluffy yellow chicks, and curly-tailed pigs to feed.

I am from

            The patchwork garden…

                   Canning corn, green beans, and black-eyed peas.    

I am from

          The home of the "Fighting Wildcats"...

                   Two rides a day on the old yellow dog.

I am from

            The Country…

                   A small town known as Littlefield, Texas

 I am from

            A loving home…