My partner, who also spent some of his youth in a small town, and I enjoyed driving the backroads in Manitoba, visiting small towns and learning from historic homesteads together. Exasperated from feeling apprehensive and afraid every time I left home, I realized I had escaped rural life to feel safe, only to feel unsafe again. Thirty years passed since I first moved out of a small town. Moving back to a small town has raised complicated feelings. Mizzi realized he needed different things from his home when he was living in Exeter, left, Winnipeg, centre, and Stonewall, Man., right.

Source: CBC News May 19, 2024 21:19 UTC