See It

It seems pretty surreal now. Truth be told, it was surreal at the time too.

From the outside my hometown looked just like any other small town I'd seen on television. It looked just like the other towns nearby too. Most of them began and ended with a liquor store or bar, and likely had one or two more "in town".

When I turned 10 I got my first job delivering The Herald. I was really proud. Mostly though I just thought being a paperboy was cool. I liked they way the paper bag slung across my body and I thought I was as cool as a cucumber riding my huffy and tossing rolled up papers at screen doors.

Funny thing how you get to know more about your town when your on the street at 5 am. I learned more about the people in my hometown as a paperboy than any other time.