Moving To Texas Research Paper

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I was faced with the difficult decision of staying with my mom and going to Texas or moving in with my dad and staying in Ohio. She wanted to move in with her friend in Texas and I didn’t wanna go because I was gonna miss my friends and my family. My mom would ask me every other day what i wanted to do and for a while I didn’t have an answer for her because I wasn’t sure. I would sit and think of my friends and family and how much i would miss them but then I would think about how much fun I could have and all the new people I could meet. Moving to Texas was a long way because it wasn’t like we could just hop in the car and drive an hour or two to come see our family and friends back in Ohio. I thought about it for a few weeks and I finally

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