Small town living

There are people who deride me for living in a small town with its lack of great restaurants and shopping. But I have visited bigger cities with their traffic and waiting in lines and I can say I love my hometown. Where else are you five minutes from your doctors, dentists, and insurance people?  And because it’s a small town when I called the bank on a Saturday morning when I bought a car on the spur of the moment they immediately transferred some money for me instead of waiting for me to do the necessary paperwork. And because it’s a small town the audiologist I see is the mother of the ophthalmologist I see where we talk about her new baby. And because it’s a small town I can count on help when I need it. And because it’s a small town my dentist can get me right in when I have an emergency. And because it’s a small town I don’t have to order in the restaurants we visit in the morning because the waitresses already know what I want and set it in front of me. Yes, it is a small town but the advantages are many. I can look out my window at the hill behind me and find a peace that city dwellers should long for. 

Joan even gets her own personal coffee carafe at Perkin’s because she takes her coffee half regular and half decaf. Now that’s service.