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Going Home to West Virginia Every Christmas, I go home to West Virginia to see my Mom and Dad and my brother and sister and all of their families. I love getting back home because it is a time to catch up on things and go back to a place that I knew in my childhood. My wife Kim likes going back because she is now an apple orchard addict. My part of West Virginia, the Eastern Panhandle, is not like other parts of West Virginia in that it has long mountain ranges and long valleys. It is more like Virginia or Maryland than down-state West Virginia, where the mountains are higher and shaped more like clumps. People find out I am from West Virginia and they ask, "What part of West Virginia are you from?" And I reply, "The civilized part." Now, if you're from Beckley, don't take offense at me. I'm from West Virginia so I can make fun of it. The more south and west you go, the wilder it gets. I went to West Virginia University and I loved the football games