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Originally Posted by Sookie  I am not ashamed of my town or state but as a kid I was beyond ashamed of the house and community I lived in - the homes were teeny little squares that were built to house returning war vets and their families. They consisted of three tiny bedrooms, one bath, a living room and a kitchen. We were a family of 10!! My mother liked to say that she was the only person who had a wall-to-wall bed.  Everyone who didn't live there called them "the projects". The first time someone asked me where I lived and I told him he laughed and said to the rest of the kids "she lives in one of those shoeboxes". I was humiliated.
My father still lives in that tiny little house and I am, of course, no longer ashamed of that or anything else. In fact, I have wonderful memories. |
i hear ya.........im from a little town Called Cleveland, Tn..........we too lived in a "shoebox" house...........only we only had 2 small bedrooms and our bathroom had originally been a back porch!!........no doors on the bedrooms.......we had sheets hanging.........i shared my room with 2 brothers........but when i turned 13 my sweet daddy put me up a curtain that inclosed my bed so that i had privacy.............the whole house was less than 600 square feet............and other houses within "spittin" distance as my papaw would say.........on top of everything im really really southern.......to a point that even southern people think im country........lol........and im not ashamed of any of it...........it is my heritage....and im very proud..........im educated.........as Loretta Lynn would say "i maybe ignorant , but i aint stupid"....lol............be proud of where you are from............and by the way............some of the sweetest and nicest people i have ever known have lived in "trailer parks"...........nothing wrong with it........just have to be who you are............