What matters
Good morning, I've been thinking about the nature of friendship and maybe what makes a decent one. My friends are a diverse, eclectic bunch. Some of them are professionals, others blue collar tough farmer types, and a few, like me, are in the middle. Willing to work hard, on a project or learn something from some folks who are less educated or interact with folks who may be a little uncouth. I'm not sure exactly where I fit there, as I have always been outside most social circles. I'm not quite a typical Winstedian, in that I have higher income and more education. That's not to be snobby - it's the truth according to the median income. I wish the town wasn't as impoverished but it is a low income place. I'm not a typical Batesie either - the average income of the parents there was astronomical because the cost of attendance was more than a teacher's yearly salary, for reference. I got to attend because I got scholarships and my family was gener