About me - the Virginia Girl

I know I mentioned in my last entry why I prefer Virginia and why I have chosen to title my blog after this beloved state. Everything I have mentioned in my previous entry is just the tip of the ice berg; there are several hundred more reasons I love this great state. And now, in order to get to know me better, I will tell you my background, which is rooted in Virginia. No worries, this will not be comprehensive. Just a snapshot of me.

I was born in Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, so from the beginning I am a native Virginian. I have lived in northern Virginia my entire life, with the exception of college, which I spent in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the beautiful Shenendoah Valley at James Madison University. I went to elementary, junior high, and high school in Springfield, Virginia. I currently reside with my husband who is NOT (GASP!) a native Virginia resident, but became one through marriage and therefore to me, counts. We, of course, have a house in northern Virginia.

I have been blessed throughout my life to say that most of my family also resides in Virginia. My parents are still living in the house where I grew up. My brother and his new bride live in Springfield. My grandmother lives in the same house where my mother grew up in Falls Church. My aunt and uncle live in Haymarket. I have aunts and uncles and cousins that live in Ashland and Richmond. My other grandmother lived in southern Virginia before she got sick and moved to Ashland to live with my uncle and his family.

Emphasizing the fact that I am from nothern Virginia is not meant in any way to take away from the rest of the state. In fact, I believe that most of the beauty and wonder lies in most of the rest of the state rather than in northern Virginia. The reason I am making the distinction is because of the dynamics of this state. I believe that there are distinct differences between nothern Virginia and the rest of the areas in Virginia. And they all have their differences from each other as well. Each area is unique and the people who live in these areas will definitely agree. But those who are true Virginians will not mark region part of Virginia as better than any other region; just different.