Stand Tall. Stand Proud. Be You.

---

This husband and I…

Enjoyed a December day in Gruene…adorable historic town…cute shops…fine eateries…

The little village all decked out…lights…trees…decorations galore…so bright…so colorful…so wonderfully joyous…

Families skating on the makeshift ice…couples enjoying a game of miniature golf…musicians playing in the courtyard…

Strolled the streets…heard the history of the old shed covered in paraphernalia…stopped and admired a replica water tower that man of mine is itching to take home to Iowa…

It was like a Hallmark movie…vintage…quaint…until it wasn’t…for there on the corner of this sweet little town…was a pizza vending machine…

Had never seen one before…didn’t even know they existed…and suddenly that song from Sesame Street emerged…

One of these things…is not like the others…One of these things…just doesn’t belong…

And so it is…in life…sometimes you just don’t belong…it’s ok to be different…be the muffin in a batch of cupcakes…be the pizza vending machine in a vintage town…

Stand tall…stand proud…be you…
​
And this husband of mine agrees…