I am from the South, the State of the Palms, of which I would run amongst in my youth.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk2uI0a4kg
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AIMTLzUe4
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzuSVv3cRg
I am from singing along with my parents music, just to pass the time until we would arrive at our destination.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gsF27Lsiq
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFhQmELPdM
I am from rubbing off the insults, the catcalls, and other people’s discrimination.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJFxLMb0D8
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I am from going to Gamestop and expecting some type of game to accompany us home.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhv9YB2m3sG
I am from staying in on a winter’s day, due to a fever, or my parent’s worry of my health.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozP6v99Sh3
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cOFuJwDMu
I am innovation and creativity, trying to write a novel at age eight, eight of all ages to write a book!777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQnhvDYn6S
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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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyiGTMoCRu
I am from crying over pets and family members as they passed. Helpless to the passage of time and the curse of mortality.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1snSqGoHq
I am from cheering myself up with drawing, a paradise that I have since improved upon.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCHQ5Tuohx
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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 School777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIGAeC8peV
I am from reading Tolkien, Lewis, Carroll, Rowling, Pullman, and Riordan. How they’ve affected me over my lifetime.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEYNO9yayD
I am from taking water up to animals on a hot day with a hot blustery wind only rivaled by the sun.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxr0Y2ubgY
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7LAduRkJw
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I am from many things, many places, many people.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzeMSfbvE7
But I am me, and only me.
