I am from the South, the State of the Palms, of which I would run amongst in my youth.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vfRKy9cMh
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ1GtyI9cw
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35eNiDQaXx
I am from singing along with my parents music, just to pass the time until we would arrive at our destination.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7ICBzXVy6
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmiQWvhxLU
I am from rubbing off the insults, the catcalls, and other people’s discrimination.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WzmvtgoQT
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I am from going to Gamestop and expecting some type of game to accompany us home.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba3bb91bu2
I am from staying in on a winter’s day, due to a fever, or my parent’s worry of my health.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGx4dlpHru
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF24y8axWr
I am innovation and creativity, trying to write a novel at age eight, eight of all ages to write a book!727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoiQdkNpcl
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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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiSOZwitq8
I am from crying over pets and family members as they passed. Helpless to the passage of time and the curse of mortality.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryRKcnLhaR
I am from cheering myself up with drawing, a paradise that I have since improved upon.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMjOMsvZfh
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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 School727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73Pzwvcfhw
I am from reading Tolkien, Lewis, Carroll, Rowling, Pullman, and Riordan. How they’ve affected me over my lifetime.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuX6qiFYeY
I am from taking water up to animals on a hot day with a hot blustery wind only rivaled by the sun.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4Y3e2oD0Z
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.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pzQ5H6poz
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I am from many things, many places, many people.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT42xFJtwV
But I am me, and only me.
