Southern Drawl

"Have you lived in the South?"

"I like your accent."

"You kind of talk with a southern accent."

Believe it or not these statements have all been said to me in the past year by numerous people. It happened again today at church and I decided I finally needed to blog about it. So after getting questioned about where I'm from and having people comment on how they like my accent what else am I supposed to assume, but that I do, indeed talk with a slight southern drawl?  This wouldn't be quite so interesting to me if I had actually lived in more than one state but I have lived in Utah my whole life!
The only explanation that I have for this accent phenomenon is that my mom is from Missouri and maybe I picked it up from her and our yearly trips back there to stay with my grandparents. Of course that doesn't explain why I am only getting comments about it now.

I'm not going to lie I like that I apparently have an accent, and I will take it as a sign that I am a cowgirl at heart.