Brookfield Narrative

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When I lived in Brookfield I went thru a lot changes in my life .
I lived in Brookfield for the most of my life going to a private school one year and a public school the rest of the time. Most of my family lives there and I have some other family out of state. I go to visit my family over school break and on weekends.
There were a lot of storms in Brookfield at the time. when the city lake over flowed it cause a lot of flooding especially throughout all the small farms. There were a few tornados and one drop a tree in front of my grandmas house where I lived at the time. They have not had any bad storms for a few years, And that changed my life in different ways. Soon after that I moved to Kansas City for a year

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