Hometown

The weather is getting cooler and fall is right around the corner. September is such a great month for me. Many of my loved ones have birthdays this month. One of my special favorites is the Kay County Free Fair (one of few left) begins this next week in my hometown in Oklahoma. It hold so many memories for me and many other in the community. When I was growning up, it was a great time to share with family and friends. The farmers had finished up working in the fields all summer, the women showed off their prized canning from the summer garden, and everyone enjoyed the rides and food. I worked in our Youth Group Church Booth selling charburgers, hmmmm good!!! (I probably talked more than worked!!!) Everyone complained about the smoke but oh the reward of the good charburger. One of the local farmers donated a the beef each year, so you knew where the meat was coming from, you didn't wonder!!! I think even the onion, tomatoes, lettuce was grown locally. Oh so good!!!!

Our little town has two great events in the fall that bring the families and former townspeople home. Kay County Free Fair and Homecoming. We have tradition in our town. The town is shrinking due to the economy and like other small communities. But I pray that the people that stay will continue the traditions of these events for us. With heartfelt sadness, I will not be able to attend either one, but ask my fellow Blackwellites to please, "Eat a charburger for me!!!"