Okie Transplant

I like to think of myself as an Okie, through and through. I talk the talk, and I walk the walk, however there are times when I am reminded that I am, in fact, an Okie transplant. I was born in Grants, New Mexico, a medium sized town about 80 miles due west of Albuquerque, and lived there until I was seven. The first seven years of my life, I was surrounded by southwestern culture, turquoise…