I am a country girl at heart, having grown up near the very small town of Stilesville, Indiana. I had an amazing, happy childhood with my family. We lived on the 10 acres of land in a house our parents built. My childhood days were largely spent playing outdoors, riding the tractor, sleeping in the tree house and roasting marshmallows on a campfire. We also enjoyed learning the names of trees and flowers from nature guides while camping, doing 4-H projects, working in the garden and otherwise enjoying rural Indiana life. My parents taught us the value of hard work and instilled in us solid Midwestern values.
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