For Love of Home

I love my hometown of Munday, Texas! When I started sharing my journal on-line, it was my intention of writing about events and happenings of my fair city. I don’t intend for that to change but, also, I don’t want my journal to be exclusive of all small towns. Every community is inhabited with people who will fight to the death for their birth place and love it just as I do my own. It is my desire to reach out and touch feelings and emotions of my fellow small-towners.

This morning, even before I got out of bed, I was thinking about the title of this journal…”Munday, Texas: My Hometown”. It occurred to me that I wanted it to be inclusive of all towns and of all people who love their town. Hence, the title change for my journal…”For Love of Home”.

We have recently been submerged in the unsettling news of a small town in Kansas. It is acts of this nature that is devastating to citizens of small towns. Riverton, Kansas is a small, unincorporated community and has a population of 600. Don’t ever be duped into believing that this can’t happen in your town.

In browsing around in MichNews this morning, I clicked on American Minute for April 22nd. We're all familiar with the "isms" of Will Rogers. Let's not be guilty of the last one mentioned here..."The trouble with our praying, is we just do it as a last resort."

American Minute for April 22nd: (MichNews.com)

A gunshot at high noon on April 22, 1889, began the famous Oklahoma land rush. Within 9 hours some two million acres became the private property of settlers who staked their claims. Riding as fast as they could, many found desirable plots already taken by "Sooners," individuals who entered the territory sooner than was permitted. The remaining land was assigned to the various Indian tribes, who joined together in approving the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma in 1907. The Preamble begins: "Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessing of liberty; to secure just and rightful government; to promote our mutual welfare and happiness, we, the people of the State of Oklahoma, do ordain and establish this Constitution." Cherokee Will Rogers, who was an actor, cowboy philosopher and offered the nomination for Oklahoma Governor, said:

"The Lord constituted everybody that no matter what color you are, you require the same amount of nourishment."

"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip,"

"Lord, let me live until I die," and

"The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort."

God Bless until next post!