My Dad once told me that an acre of tobacco would make me a better person. I would usually respond by telling him that, although I hated to disappoint him, it probably did not get any better than this.

I think that my Granny must have overheard these conversations because she retaliated by planting row after row of sweet corn. This would later constitute a labor intensive, family affair that resulted in weeks full of picking, hauling, and blanching sweet corn on Granny’s porch – a task which no doubt left you hot, sticky, and terrorized by the occasional worm.

We had three weeks of hard labor inspired solely by an ear of corn, and it is ironic to me that so much time was spent lamenting over a vegetable that no one in the family particularly cared for – but I have to remember that it was not time invested in corn as it was time invested in me.
I am sure that my father would like to think that Granny planted these rows of corn to teach me the valuable lesson that is only equivalent to that which is apparently learned in the tobacco field. But I like to think that she planted those rows of sweet corn for the same principle that this business is based on… you see, it really isn’t about corn in its literal sense – it is about the process – the experience.

It is about a sense of coming together to hear a great story that inspires you to get up and do something with your life. It is about being excited about change and new beginnings. It is about taking those moments on my Granny’s porch and realizing that she gave me a great talent to find the humor in life’s situations and to use it to inspire others – after all, you can’t have an Uncle Henry who carries a grasshopper around in his pocket and not share THAT with everyone!

And maybe through my messages you will find that “ha ha” moment in life. Or maybe you will be inspired to GET LOUD with your life and alter your attitude…or perhaps, you will just have the chance to remember some things that you may have forgotten as the years have past – for whatever reason, it is home grown comedy – straight from our front porch to you!

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