My sense of place comes from being born and raised in Lehi. But the Lehi I grew up in is very different from the way Lehi is now. I long for things to be the way they were then. Fewer people, fewer cars on the road, fewer roads, and no stop lights. My friends and I could walk to each others' houses at night with no fear of anything bad happening. We never locked our doors. You could stop in the street and talk to the car next to you without anyone honking and making you move. We "cruised" main street on the weekends with the rest of the high school. We knew everyone and everyone knew whose daughter I was. Life was simpler.

I'm raising my kids in Lehi but I wish they could experience it the way I did. But we have somehow managed to maintain our Lehi pride, yearly traditions and celebrations regardless of the amount of growth, and luckily, I can still go to the home I grew up in and feel that "sense of place" that made me who I am today.