I have always considered myself a southern belle. When people make the quizzical comment you are from the south? Or I would never have known or you don’t have an accent I get kind of offended. I love the South. I am very southern. I grew up on a large piece of property where we had a garden and a big house. I have lots of brothers and sisters. I eat fried chicken and say y’all on occasion. There are so many stereotypes that emerge about growing up in a southern state that come from watching to many movies such as Gone with the Wind or Sweet Home Alabama. The charm of growing up southern is the myriad of small towns that make up the southern mystic. I discovered this fact while on one of
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