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Around 4:30 in the afternoon, on June 28, 1980, Enloe Hospital in Chico,
California did me the honor of seeing me birthed. A fairly routine procedure
from what I understand, I came across the scales at 9 lbs., 9 oz. Not exactly
starving from the womb! So home I went from the hospital to Biggs. About a
half hour trip south of Chico, the small town I was going to would become
the world to me growing up. People say funny things about small towns, and
people say funny things when they live in small towns, but the things I'll
always remember are the things I said about MY small town.
I wouldn't change growing up in Biggs for anything. While there are definite
disadvantages to living in a town with just 1700 people in it, the benefits
of knowing your teachers one-to-one, knowing your classmates from kindergarten
to graduation, knowing you'll see the same teacher when you graduate high
school as was there to usher you into 2nd grade. Yes folks, there are great
things that come out of living in a small town like Biggs. Some of you probably
watched the show "The Wonder Years" on T.V. and that has to be on
the top of my list for shows to watch when you're growing up. Not really set
in a small town of modern America, but rather in a laid-back typical suburb
of early 70's America,where growing up in general was simpler, but with the
same problems that plagued my mind on the mind of Kevin Arnold, and through
him and that 1/2 hour program I learned much about life as a young'n.
"Growing up happens in a heartbeat.
One day you're in diapers; the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood
stay with you for the long haul"
~Kevin Arnold (The Wonder Years).
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