If you\u2019ve lived in Lubbock long enough, you\u2019ve probably met them \u2014 the unofficial welcome committee. They don\u2019t wear badges or hand out maps, but you know them the moment they smile at you in the grocery line or wave you into traffic with that two-finger country salute.<\/p>\n
The Unofficial Welcome Committee<\/p>\n
There’s the gas station clerk who calls you \u201cdarlin’\u201d and knows what you’re there for before you even say a word. Then we have the waitress at Tech Cafe who remembers your order and asks about your grandpa. And, what about the old man who waves from his porch in Tech Terrace like he\u2019s running for mayor of kindness? Yep. He’s also part of the committee.<\/p>\n
Photo by Hannah Busing<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n The unofficial welcome committee of Lubbock is made of the strangers who make you feel better on the days when the wind\u2019s been cruel to your new hairdo, the sky\u2019s gone beige, and you start wondering why you ever decided to move back here at all.<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0How West Texas Sunsets Bring Comfort During Tough Times<\/a><\/p>\n Lubbock Can Be A Bit Rough<\/p>\n Lubbock\u2019s not the kind of place that dazzles you at first glance. Nope. Far from it. It\u2019s the kind of place that really has to grow on you. The sweetness here doesn\u2019t come from sugar; it\u2019s baked into our daily interactions, our little gestures, and our shared humanity.<\/p>\n So here\u2019s to Lubbock\u2019s greeters, huggers, wavers, smile-givers, and the folks who prove that southern hospitality isn\u2019t dead, it’s just out running errands at United and filling up at Stripes. It’s all around you if you take the time to look.<\/p>\n Photo by Vitaly Gariev<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n They\u2019re not on the payroll, but they\u2019re the heart of this city. And if you\u2019re lucky, one of them will make your day before you even know their name.<\/p>\n Challenge For Readers<\/p>\n I challenge you to be one of the people who make every day here special by showing kindness to everyone you come across today, tomorrow, and always. Kindness is free; pass it on.<\/p>\n Lubbock Lawn Fads You’ll Find in Every Neighborhood <\/p>\n Let’s talk Lubbock lawns and the people responsible. <\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n 10 Lubbock Items Most Likely To End Up in The Smithsonian in 2125<\/p>\n Some may think I’m joking, and that’s because I am…<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve lived in Lubbock long enough, you\u2019ve probably met them \u2014 the unofficial welcome committee. They don\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-24118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}