I am from the South, the State of the Palms, of which I would run amongst in my youth.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnr0EhzPEJN
I am from staying at home while Polk and Sandycreek Elementary beckoned to my peers.
I am from writing books, and making music. Some of which I have retained from all of those past years.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wOo0oVIMn
I am from swatting mosquitoes in the cool summer shade of the poplars, pines, maples, and oak trees.
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I am from catching the crayfish, oblivious to the somewhat painful bites.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81LW9wkAOM
I am from singing along with my parents music, just to pass the time until we would arrive at our destination.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFZDbB7iz4
I am from spending Samhains, Yules, Equinoxes, and Solstices with my family. Not completely knowing how I’d be judged one day because of my beliefs.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpy5ZsmX2iF
I am from rubbing off the insults, the catcalls, and other people’s discrimination.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwnfRteDCH
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I am from going to Gamestop and expecting some type of game to accompany us home.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiHc9NK4EG
I am from staying in on a winter’s day, due to a fever, or my parent’s worry of my health.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bdXCi10ti
I am trying to stay quiet, and act stupid. So as to not be judged by my peers for my adult-like intelligence and speaking.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgyGFq0z2q
I am innovation and creativity, trying to write a novel at age eight, eight of all ages to write a book!689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlD7sDNbSaf
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I am from starting water fights at my Uncle’s on Fourth Of July, I always tell stories of how I started the family tradition.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnqaopJVT4
I am from crying over pets and family members as they passed. Helpless to the passage of time and the curse of mortality.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgMvXGxpMP
I am from cheering myself up with drawing, a paradise that I have since improved upon.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6kKQRMlNs
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I am from maturing into a teenager, knowing fully well that I would choose what my college courses over the next five years of Franklin Area Middle and High School689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIkOZ264KH
I am from reading Tolkien, Lewis, Carroll, Rowling, Pullman, and Riordan. How they’ve affected me over my lifetime.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQzO81iPxh
I am from taking water up to animals on a hot day with a hot blustery wind only rivaled by the sun.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc7MH1YhRZ
I am from rewriting my novel, however good a plot it was. To better suit my needs, and to eliminate my novice errors, standing out like an Arctic Fox in the Sahara Desert.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWwvLNlc6z
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I am from many things, many places, many people.689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiatgeewfx
But I am me, and only me.
