March Theme Day (WHERE DO I BELONG?)

 

WHERE DO I BELONG?

(This Theme Day, City Daily Photo Bloggers capture why they are 

or want to be in the city where they photoblog.)

I belong on the “high-throne” bluffs above the Alabama River

 where Selma was born 200 years ago, where Black Belt prairies grow
 cattle and catfish to our west and timber stretches to the sky to our north.

 I love our bold, sometimes volatile history in a culture so diverse
 that to a great degree, Selma was built by Jewish immigrants 
and became a beacon of both women's and minority voting rights. 
 This little town built ships, cannons and munitions
 for the Confederacy and later, it built pilots for the Air Force. 

I love our beautiful old homes, museums, art galleries and festivals.
 There is a cemetery where Spanish Moss whisks me away
 to elaborate monuments with inscriptions that honor the lives
 of those who lived here before.
 

I love the new riverfront park with its walkway, amphitheatre

 and views of the Pettus Bridge, the tiny yellow bridgetender's house 

and the big, bright-red Old Depot. 

I like the big yards, wide streets and church towers and the chimes

 that play hymns to soothe our souls and remind us of God's grace.

 

And despite what you may have read or heard, the majority of our citizens

work together to overcome our challenges and make me proud

to belong to "The Little Town that Could."