I
discovered a stupid opinion I have. I have lots of opinions, but I
usually manage to agree with myself. It's a rare occasion when I
disagree with my own self.
I have this superiority issue in re: my neighboring states. This is quite incongruous, because I'm not prone to being clannish about anything. I don't have "school spirit" when I think of my alma mater. I don't have a great deal of pride in the city I live in. You won't catch me waving an American flag.
But for some obscure reason, I'm proud of being from Kentucky, and would not want to be born or die in Ohio or West Virginia.
I was at work when this profound knowledge was revealed. I have to make copies of people's personal documents on occasion. Social security cards and birth certificates are rather interesting to me. I can tell from the number on a social security card if a person got their Social Security card while living in a state other than Kentucky. Kentucky numbers begin with 40*. Though I can't tell you off the top of my head which numbers Ohio and West Virginia have, I do recognize them when I see them.
Of course birth certificates tell where a person was born. You get a little snapshot of their life. If their parents were married when they were born, and what the mother's name was. Old birth certificates tell the race of the parents and the occupation of the father when the child was born, as well as where the parents lived at that time.
I must have been unusually contemplative today, because I noticed a woman's birth certificate showed her mother had been single when she was born about 30 years ago. That was rare then. She is a single mother herself. I wondered what impact it has on a person to be born to a single mom.
The next person had been born at a hospital across the river in West Virginia. About 25-30 years ago a lot of the locals had their baby at that hospital because they had a Neo Natal Intensive Care unit and neither of the hospitals here had them.
I found it disturbing that a native Bluegrass resident would have their child in West Virginia on purpose. I then found it ridiculous that I felt that way. What does it matter?
We are all born and then we die. Does it matter where these events occur?
I thought about it, and I guess it's about geneology. It's a lot more difficult to find your roots when people are scattered to the four winds. At least that's what I hope it is.
I have this superiority issue in re: my neighboring states. This is quite incongruous, because I'm not prone to being clannish about anything. I don't have "school spirit" when I think of my alma mater. I don't have a great deal of pride in the city I live in. You won't catch me waving an American flag.
But for some obscure reason, I'm proud of being from Kentucky, and would not want to be born or die in Ohio or West Virginia.
I was at work when this profound knowledge was revealed. I have to make copies of people's personal documents on occasion. Social security cards and birth certificates are rather interesting to me. I can tell from the number on a social security card if a person got their Social Security card while living in a state other than Kentucky. Kentucky numbers begin with 40*. Though I can't tell you off the top of my head which numbers Ohio and West Virginia have, I do recognize them when I see them.
Of course birth certificates tell where a person was born. You get a little snapshot of their life. If their parents were married when they were born, and what the mother's name was. Old birth certificates tell the race of the parents and the occupation of the father when the child was born, as well as where the parents lived at that time.
I must have been unusually contemplative today, because I noticed a woman's birth certificate showed her mother had been single when she was born about 30 years ago. That was rare then. She is a single mother herself. I wondered what impact it has on a person to be born to a single mom.
The next person had been born at a hospital across the river in West Virginia. About 25-30 years ago a lot of the locals had their baby at that hospital because they had a Neo Natal Intensive Care unit and neither of the hospitals here had them.
I found it disturbing that a native Bluegrass resident would have their child in West Virginia on purpose. I then found it ridiculous that I felt that way. What does it matter?
We are all born and then we die. Does it matter where these events occur?
I thought about it, and I guess it's about geneology. It's a lot more difficult to find your roots when people are scattered to the four winds. At least that's what I hope it is.
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