Just a paper

Farmer's wife and daughter tackling the big city.

It is hard to believe that we have been living in Vincennes for over 9 months.  I will say that in many ways it has flown by and then there are other instances where I feel like we have been here forever.  When Emily and I were back in Indianapolis this past weekend to drop off beef, it felt like we hadn't been back in years. So much seemed different, like we were truly visitors, no longer residents of that great city.  Without really realizing it, we had become more than just transplant residents in small town Indiana.  We had settled into a new life without realizing it.  Somehow, I had missed the fact that we were now home - a new home that will be ours for the rest of our lives.  When did this happen?!  Contentment snuck up on me in between ice storms and blizzards, changing diapers and helping with homework.  Stripping our lives down to what we need vs what we want uncovered what was really our truth.  That in the end, we need each other, our families, and God.  Everything else will fall into place where it should.

One of the simple pleasures that our family enjoys now is reading the paper.  Our dear Aunt Phoebe purchased a subscription for us a few weeks back.  I am embarrassed to say that we are just now enjoying the Vincennes Sun-Commercial.  We had talked about getting it for months (story of my life, say I am going to do something and things and life just get in the way).  I had no idea how much joy I would get from touching and turn a newspaper.  Family warned us that there isn't much to the paper but they are wrong. Treasures are hiding around every page turn.

Stories of local happenings and events, card "parties" for 50 year anniversaries, who is getting married, births, pictures of local sport teams and my ever favorite section of local arrests.  Note to self and my children:  you mess-up, everyone will know about it.  I love that I can read about the historical society championing the restoration of a building downtown or about our local high school's charge to win another state basketball championship.  To see Tony and Emily working on the crossword puzzle together is just precious.

Even the little boys like flipping through the ads.

We slow down, sit and just read.  We live in small town, middle America and the Vincennes Sun-Commercial shares that.  It isn't always exciting but I am learning that I like that. I have to say I have even had some proud moments seeing family names and pictures buried in the pages.  You gotta love the small town paper.