I like it, despite the winters, Western North Dakota has been a good place to grow up, and (so far) grow older.
One of the advantages of small town living is that everyone looks out for everyone else's kids, and you know who does not belong in the neighborhood..
It is amazing how simple life becomes when you need only ask yourself how your parents/grandparents would react. She lives with us,(her grandparents), and has since infancy, no problem with the male role model, and her grandma is a strong woman as well (has to be to put up with me). She is a neat kid, walked before she crawled (watch out!), at nine months, and has been on the go ever since. I could write about her all night, but I'll refrain. Typical grandpa, I guess.
Bet you got a wallet FULL of pictures :-)