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the rivers and the passion she shares n life we rarely with others does not go unnoticed. I am find people thankful she is a “Fountain” in my life, who we truly not a drain. The depths of this woman’s connect with. When it love for the river, the fish and her family is comes to fisherlady to FOR THE LOVE fisherlady, that rarity genuine and she knows that justification OF THE TUG from nature that I speak of. Her biggest shrinks even more, By Sara Ichtertz fans and most important students call her or so it seems! To see “Grandma,” and I absolutely love that. She someone’s gifts and not be threatened fishes for all the right reasons and I just by them, what a gift. It’s one I rarely see truly hope she sees genuinely given. that. When it comes Ladies can be TH to what truly matters vicious as they try to in life, you have got it, find their way in the girl! Believe me! traditionally maleAnnual dominated sport of fishing, and this digital TINA FOUNTAIN world we live in makes WAS raised by an it even harder. It old-school dad who creates this false reality loved fishing and that social media hunting to his core. She OF somehow validates remembers helping ourselves more so than him set up his hunter the sport itself, more safety classes and, from so than embracing the a young age, loved personal growth that being able to see him naturally takes place when time is truly sharing knowledge and passion. Growing given to the river. Sadly, that amazingness up in the Springfield area before its massive isn’t quite enough (must be because we growth, she developed a lifelong comfort in are human), so we turn to media platforms the outdoors that has never left her. that lack any form of true depth. To truly On the other hand, growing up it was give time to the rivers is so much different hard for her that her dad was very much than to hop aboard a boat and fight fish. old school. Girls stayed with their moms I honestly have grown quite ill of it all. and learned womanly things, and the I believe that in embracing nature we find boys went with their dads to learn the our true worth; the passion of the rivers ways of the woods. This is a good example validates you in a wholesome, one-of-aof how even in our homes, sometimes kind way that the shallows of this new women must really want it in order to truly digital world never could. There are some find their place in such sports. Tina’s dad women who are far more gifted in their naturally took her brothers far more than abilities than this superficial world gives he took her. He didn’t know any better, she them credit for and so this December I is certain, as that was just the way it was chose to write about one woman in this back then. industry who actually inspires me because But she would light up wholeheartedly she is the real deal. Her time given to when he would say it was going to be a
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