tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19196143.post114264590321942206..comments2023-07-23T07:28:34.901-07:00Comments on It's A Wonderful Life: Manchester On My MindKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672853334159695888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19196143.post-1142922757706272222006-03-20T22:32:00.000-08:002006-03-20T22:32:00.000-08:00I have a broadband connection with N. Alabama. It...I have a broadband connection with N. Alabama. It actually may be fiber optic. I know to most people it isn't the most beautiful place on earth. But it is to me. Alabama just has the perfect mixture of warm & cold, forests & fields, hills & plains, city & country. It must be something about those "growing up years" because I would fight tooth and nail before I would leave North Alabama.J. Nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602691766046240146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19196143.post-1142715050093728252006-03-18T12:50:00.000-08:002006-03-18T12:50:00.000-08:00Yes, I absolutely understand what you are saying. ...Yes, I absolutely understand what you are saying. I grew up on the West Side. I now live in Houston. I went back to Manchester to marry, but I know my future children will not understand the connection with Manchester. I hope to take them there so they can see their yankee roots.Sean Y. Palmer- Attorney/Mediatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028801344320920803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19196143.post-1142698382154263132006-03-18T08:13:00.000-08:002006-03-18T08:13:00.000-08:00I certainly can relate. Maybe it won't take you a...I certainly can relate. Maybe it won't take you as long to feel "connected" to N. Alabama as it did me. I had been here more than two decades before one day I realized that I was finally looking upon this place as "home". (I came here at age 23.) And this is the interesting thing. Since my kids were all born here and were growing up here-- 20 plus years is a lot of growth time-- they had noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com