You know you live in the city when... Part 2

(Click here if you haven't read Part 1.)

The very first thing you do after you get out of bed each

morning is peek out the front window to be sure that

your car is still there.

You're careful to stay in your house at the stroke of Midnight

on New Year's because your neighbors are shooting their

guns in the air... just cuz they can. (not legally, I'm sure)

When you get a random knock on your door at 1:04 AM

from strangers who then stagger into the street & on to a

another door (probably looking for their own house).

When you LOVE to use your horn because people drive

SO stinkin' crazy!!!! (Horns are not an anger outlet,

they are life-saving tools!)

It's only 6:58AM and the "call to prayer" blasts through

the streets from the local mosques for the 1st of 5 times

each day. Grr.

(I thought they had to wait until at least 8am.)

When you can capture your entire backyard in one photo.

When you find yourself twitching because it's so difficult

to resist the urge to constantly correct other peoples'

grammar usage.

You take your kids to the wonderful zoo filled

with exotic animals from around the world,

& your youngest kids beg,

"Can we please just go see the farm animals."

Your 3 year old puts up the hood on his hoody sweatshirt,

saunters into the kitchen and throws his hands in the air...

"awwh yey!"

Everytime you drive way out into the suburbs & your kids

see lota trees & grass...your youngest kids ask you,

"Are we in another country?"

When your teenage daughter is better at parallel parking than

regular parking cuz street park is all we have!

When it's snowy outside & you have to shovel out the

Street parking spot in front of your house... and then,

knowing that some "less-motivated" neighbor wants to take

your cleared parking spot you "Mark" your spot by

putting a lawn chair and/or plastic milk crate

in front of your house!

When it's really hot & humid outside you really do see

people sitting in the doorways of building on those

same milk crates!

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But, like I said in Part 1 of this post...

When you're out of town & people ask when you're from

and then after you answer them they sorta gasp & then

just stare at you... they stare out of awe, or respect or

pity or just straight disgust that we'd be so foolish to

move our family to that city.

When you totally love this city and the people!

And find it amazing how God has turned His calling into

the desire of your heart.