Chip Grow:  

I have stayed right here in buena vista-just seemed like there was never any great reason to take off and move or experience the WORLD. While going to community college on the start of a 2-2 engineering degree i started working part-time at Food Lion.Well, about the time i was finishing my 2 years at com. college my store manager approached me and asked if i had considered a career with the company."NO" I replied very hastily starting to somehow feel the trap of a small town already offering me a way to take an easier path-"to not get out there in the real world". "Hey, people are ALWAYS going to eat-even if they pay for it or the gov.pays for it-ITS GREAT JOB SECURITY!!" Damn - i was already done and didnt even know it at the time!"Maybe a year off then back to school?!? Well, 21 years later,a wife of 12 years[been together over 18 years] a great 9 year old son and beautiful,IDENTICAL-AND I MEAN EXACTLY IDENTICAL(kinda freaked me out for the first few months)twin girls and i'm still living in our great home town. It always makes me think of the christmas movie Its a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stuart. Had the chance to finish college -was about 11 hours from military service(man,I was so pumped by the recruiter-tested out great(ocs)and I was going to be an Army Ranger Scout - but my dad -who was in the military-pulled me aside and got tears in his eyes and said dont - it just doesnt feel right-once again kinda fr...Expand for more