Reflections From a Country Girl

Right about now you are thinking one of two things.  I am either packing boxes to move or packin’ my pistol.  Guess it depends on which side of the fence you’re on. 

I actually do pack from time to time…my pistol that is.  You see, when I travel, and I do a great deal of that, I always carry my pistol with me.   I am careful about where I travel with it as there are as many laws that vary on carrying a concealed weapon as there are states. Each one seems to be a little different…well, a LOT different in some states. 

There is some national legislation currently before Congress that may allow those of us who have a state issued concealed weapons permits to have a national concealed weapons permit.  I am all for that.  After all, if I am going to take the time to go thought the rigorous background check and take the equally as stringent gun course, I would like to be able to carry it with me anywhere I go.  

I do practice with my pistol fairly regularly.  I think it is very important to feel comfortable with a weapon if you are going to have one.  I also think it’s very important not to pick one up if you don’t know how to use it and to be “scared” of them if you don’t know how to use them.  I have friends and family on both sides of that issue.  I love them all and they at least respect me for going through the concealed weapons process.  I also am involved with the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) here in Columbia (http://www.palmettoposse.org/) and in a place called Possum Trot (www.possumtrot.org) and love to watch my cowboy and cowgirl friends compete in that event.  We all have a deep-seeded respect for guns and are very careful with them.  

Now to the other kind of packin’.  

My newly married friends – who I introduced to each other at a cowboy shooting event -  are blending two homes together.  One is in Columbia and the other near Augusta.  They are living in the Augusta house and are getting the one in Columbia ready to sell.  

I’ve been helping them pack.  Since I love to do this sort of thing, I’ve been having great fun with it.  There’s just something about deciding what to keep and give away, what might be in the dark corners of a well worn room, etc.  I can’t tell you how many times I heard this weekend “I wondered where that got to!” 

My wish for you today is that you enjoy whatever you find yourself doing with others.  You can find some wonderful friendships with people by doing the simplest things. 

~ Joellen

 

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