As all the kids would get up to give their speeches I realized most of the boys were dressed the same.
They were dressed in some form of camo & muck boots.
They looked like what they were ~ farm & ranch kids.
Not a designer jean or trendy shirt among them.
The closest thing to a brand name was Cabela's.
And that's our norm. That's what we 'look' like out here.
I realized that probably isn't true for the mainstream. We would be the odd man out in many places.
In fact, as a family we have been. But, here, at 'home' we fit in just right.
We've always been a cowboy family. We have always lived in a small ranching communities.
The first time I saw my husband he was striding across the quad in his boots & Wranglers & black cowboy hat.
(be still my heart)
That's just who we are.
My boys dress shoes are their boots. Not a pair of loafers in the house.
To me, men in suits look like they are wearing a costume. They stand out as different.
When we moved down to California last time, it was different for us.
We were not in a ranching community & we became something of a spectacle.
We would walk into a store or a restaurant & people would stare.
Kids would stop my husband in a store & ask if he was a cowboy.
That was different...
Normal is in your perspective.
We watched a documentary a while back & a Hollywood actor was talking about meeting a well known horse trainer for the first time in L.A.
The trainer walked in, in his boots & hat (totally normal garb for us) & the actor thought he was in a costume.
We've been talking to someone in a coffee shop & they asked us if those were our 'normal clothes'.
We weren't even dressed up it was just every day wear. I don't even think my husband had his hat on.
It sure makes you feel like you just landed from another planet though.
No earth shattering point here. Just a thought on perspective & how what 'normal' means isn't always the same for everyone.
What's normal for you?
Blessings.
