Signs You Grew Up in McPherson
January 25, 2016
- You have at least one story about going to Walmart after dark, just because there’s nothing else to do.
- You grew up on days spent at the McPherson Water Park and sunburned shoulders.
- You have your days at work rearranged so you can watch/participate in the May Day Parade
- When you hear word about snow days, your mind remembers the hours spent on the “Wall Park Mountain” flying down on sleds and garbage can lids.
- Bragging about your town’s cool coffee shop because after ten years they finally got one decent one.
- Your neighbor was your best friend, and you spent every moment together, slaying monsters and playing lava.
- You learn to have a tolerance to tornado alarms and take them more as a precaution than a warning.
- A trip to Wichita becomes a highlight of your week.
- You have a “ghetto” part of town and a “snobby rich” part of town.
- When you have just a handful of places to work and it’s usually between restaurants and health care.
- At least one of your senior pictures involves a farm and/or a haystack.
- You go to basketball games on Friday night because that’s all there is to do.
- You travel outside of Kansas and wonder where all the fields of wheat are.
- You head over to Wall Park early on the Fourth of July to make sure you get the ideal spot for watching fireworks.