Highway 72. It goes through North Alabama from Tennessee to Mississippi. There are tons of little towns along the way, but that is about it. Everybody in those little towns (ones that feel like God has forgotten) dreams of getting out of those towns when they are kids, but most never do for one reason or another. Its not just the highway that keeps him there. Its also about a southern mother---the matriarch--who rules the roost in the family. Out of some sense of respect the children allow them to run their lives and the more they try to break away, the more she holds on. The harder you try to have your own life, the more miserable she makes it. I know of at least two of these mothers. Both live in Alabama. Until I experienced it, I really didn't get it, but if one of the children in those families ever moved away from town, they would be considered the "black sheep". Because in those people's lives there is nothing in the whole world that is more important than family. Not even your dreams or happiness. Family comes first.
Highway 72. It goes through North Alabama from Tennessee to Mississippi. There are tons of little towns along the way, but that is about it. Everybody in those little towns (ones that feel like God has forgotten) dreams of getting out of those towns when they are kids, but most never do for one reason or another. Its not just the highway that keeps him there. Its also about a southern mother---the matriarch--who rules the roost in the family. Out of some sense of respect the children allow them to run their lives and the more they try to break away, the more she holds on. The harder you try to have your own life, the more miserable she makes it. I know of at least two of these mothers. Both live in Alabama. Until I experienced it, I really didn't get it, but if one of the children in those families ever moved away from town, they would be considered the "black sheep". Because in those people's lives there is nothing in the whole world that is more important than family. Not even your dreams or happiness. Family comes first.