Personal Narrative: A Place I Am Today

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We used to play chicken cross the road, I don’t know why we started playing it, it might have been the adrenaline we had once we seen a car and knew that we had to get to the other side fast enough or we would get hurt. When everyone was together we used to play backyard soccer where rough housing was only for the more mature kids. I was the fourth of six kids, During my childhood we would move from county to county due to my situation. Although we would move place to place I had my fair share of good and bad memories from each place that shaped me into the person i am today. If you want to talk to someone there’s always someone in my family who will be there for you. Everyone has everyone’s back when they’re in trouble. Being the fourth of

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