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In 2006, thousands of Military men and women were sent over seas. One out of those thounds of militans happens to be very close to me, my mother. It was the summer before I started second grade. When she left, my siblings and I were sent to Sullivan, Indiana to live with my Nana. We had visited before but this visit seemed to feel like it would never end. The summer came and the summer past and I was scared. Not only I was I scared for my mothers life, but I was also scared for my own. I was in a new town, with unfamilar faces and places I had yet to venture to.

Walking into school on the first day was the hardest. My Nana kindly drove my two older sisters and I on the first day, making sure we gotthere in time for breakfast. Even though

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