There, I said it out loud. I am a hick from a small, rural town in a northern state that gets a lot of snow in the winter. (But has many lovely lakes.)Not everyone wants to live there, but the people who do enjoy it. Embrace it. Love it.Much like I hope you love the neighborhood, the town, the city, the state where you live.Our hometown gives us all a place of belonging. An identity. A nest.A place where you can simply be yourself. As for me, the myself I choose to embrace is one of a hick.And there are ...