I remember when I first moved to Norman for college in the summer of
2006. I despised everything about the town except for the university. I
hated that I would walk by a beautiful house on one street and find a
dump within 50 feet of it (what zoning?), thought it was weird that
there were bus stops and people actually waited at them to catch the
city bus (where is your new BMW?), and lamented the loss of my Lifetime
Fitness membership because most gyms in Norman are not big, corporate
establishments. Growing up in suburban Dallas with a bunch of rich,
white folks left me with little tolerance for much that was different
from the people and lifestyle I had grown accustomed to over the past 18
years.
During my years at the University of Oklahoma, I met my husband, who,
much to my dismay at the time, is from Oklahoma. We married and
settled down in Norman, a place I swore I would leave as soon as I
graduated. I’m still here, almost 10 years after I arrived. And, by
God’s grace, I’ve grown to love this place. Continue reading here.
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