Sending Up Prayers...

When I was 19 years old my parents sold the only house I had ever lived in, in my home state of Maryland, and moved back to their home state, North Carolina. My daddy's bought his dream house. A beautiful log house situated on a nice little acre of land that, during the winter months, offered a view of Stone Mountain from the back deck. Suddenly I went from being a "city girl" to living, quite literally, in the middle of chicken country, USA. You see, most of the people that live on Wiles Ridge Road up in Wilkes County, North Carolina raise chickens for Tyson. It was a bit of a culture shock for me. I was used to riding the METRO and these folks ride around on four-wheelers.

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