I'm a lifetime lover of the Kansas City area, and I feel quite well rooted here. I grew up and went to school in Weston, graduated from Benedictine College, in Atchison, and have now spent many years living happily in Parkville. I've been off on a handful of wonderful overseas adventures, during which I've lived in Belize, Japan, and Madagascar, but have always returned home. My parents still live in the home my brother and I grew up in, and it's...