Monday, October 20, 2008

"A City as Unique As Its Name"

The slogan of Tullahoma, Tennessee is "A City as Unique As Its Name" because there is no other town with the name Tullahoma in the world. Tullahoma has many similar fast food chains as other towns, but it has many distinct qualities. Tullahoma is in no way a suburb, it does not have a limited set of house models, nor does it cater to a certain economic class. I grew up on a street on the outskirts of town. My house and the ones around it are fairly small, yet there is a giant house, big enough to be a mansion on the other side of the woods behind my house. The is no "average" Tullahoma family. I grew up with a single dad, and I know many families of varying structures. Around one eighth of the Tullahoma residents are engineers working at the Arnold Air Force base. Therefore, Tullahoma is known for its Aerospace work as well as its airport. There is not a clear day when you can't look up and find a plane flying around. Many parks and lakes exist around Tullahoma, making it feel very far from urban.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Home

  1. Home is a comfortable place.
  2. My house had many broken amenities and has a minor infestation of poisonous spiders, but my home is a place where I can relax and belong.
  3. My home is under a giant old tree.
  4. My home is sometimes infuriating but it's not about luxury, its about family.
  5. Once part of the roof flew off before a giant storm. My dad and I stapled the roof back on before the rain hit.

Home is not just a place. If a family were to move and visit the old house, no one would call it home anymore. Home is a place where I can be with family and relax. My house may have several broken things and a small infestation of brown recluse, but it's still home. Its not home because I spent 4 years living there, it's home because I feel at ease there.