My Quest For Identity

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For this week’s posting I am using Andrew Lam’s “Who Will Light Incense When Mother’s Gone?” quest for identity as my theme. Growing up as the middle child among three children, all females, was not easy. While we did not have a huge family, it was hard for me to find my own identity. I know my parents loved all of us the same and only wanted the best for us, I felt as if I had to act and do exactly what my sisters did as this was expected of me by my parents. I was and am still a very curious person that asks out of the box type questions, I take risks that I probably should not, and see things that others do not. I still have and cherish some of the same values my family holds dear that I will never compromise on, I had to step outside of

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