It’s Friday, and that means the Brag Basket is open for the weekend.
This is where you can share your projects and accomplishments. You can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. Lately, lots of folks have bragged on their small town.
The Brag Basket is open for everyone, whether from a small town, a big city, or anywhere in the world. (But it’s true that I love small town brags!)
Will you put something in the Brag Basket this week? You can brag on a friend, your own project, yourself, others, anything! Make it personal, and not just an ad. You don’t need special permission, and you don’t have to be from a small town. Just leave a comment right here. There’s no deadline, so you can brag anytime during the weekend, and I’ll open a fresh Brag Basket each Friday.
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Over the past year or so, I’ve been connecting with high school friends via Facebook. It’s reminded me of those glorious days in Caney, Kansas (population 2,000-). It was a great town. It was a terrific four years in my life. Rural America gets a bad rap sometimes. At CVHS I was cultured and challenged. The work you do is important, Becky, and it makes a difference.
You wanna know how small the world is? My husband works for tourism. One of the people he talks with on a regular basis is the Caney Chamber of Commerce. The woman who calls is the mother of a high school classmate. She calls to order brochures about Oklahoma tourism.
Blessings,
jen
Jen, isn’t that small town upbringing wonderful? Gotta love it! Thanks for sharing this week. :)
Becky what a wonderful way to let people brag about thier small town. I am from Clyde Kansas a town of about 700. Our Beautification Committe started a project this year to celebrate our 110th Watermellon festival. We wanted to have 110 pots of flowers on our main street. We have succeed. Our community looks wonderful. If anyone wants to have fun for a weekend come join us at the Clyde Watermellon Festival labor day week end. Lots of fun and we welcome all newcomers to our town.
Thanks Becky
Johnita Crawford
Johnita, Yay, Clyde! Happy 110th, and I hope you have a huge crowd Labor Day weekend. :)
I don’t like to brag about myself, I never feel good about it. But I think I have something powerful to share.
Last year, my wife and I decided to move back to Japan from Idaho. My business there was not working out and our best option was to move back to her home town. This meant she will work and I would be the stay at home parent. For me, this was very very new.
At first, as you could imagine, it was hectic. Playing all day, nap times, diaper changes, meals, more playing, fighting, baths, and more diaper changes. When I was working, I always assumed that my wife was just staying at home doing nothing. Boy was I in for a shocker.
It took me awhile to adjust and I have to admit that I am still not 100% there. I have at times compared raising my kids to running a project. This has helped in some cases to ease the pain.
The biggest thing for me was the pride of the switch in the roles of the breadwinner. I still struggle with this and keep my eye out for a job that I can handle.
In closing, I am glad I was given this opportunity and I implore others to take a sabbatical from work for a year to spend time with your kids….It is a lesson, I am having a hard time putting into words, well learned.
Robert, I think powerful is the right word for it. Thank you very much for sharing.
@RobHatch sent this small town story via Twitter:
I attended a wonderfully successful joint chamber event last night (Androscoggin and Oxford Hills Maine). More of that please.
I would love to see more of that all over the country!
And in another great story from Twitter, congrats to @TheLoneCowgirl for being included in The Roundup from Western Writers of America! Thanks to Becky @CowgirlOasis for sharing the news.
to Robert Fisher,
Being a full time parent is possibly more valuable than being the wage earner. Parenting (and housework) are stigmatized but do the jobs well and take pride in your work.
(I don’t have kids because my spouse and I believed that being a parent was an in-home careeer choice neither of us wanted. We didn’t believe in day care, nannies, etc. although we fully respect others who make that a part of their life choice.)