Personal Narrative: My Whole Life

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My whole life I’ve been a little different. From the clothes I wear and the way I present myself, to the way I look at the world, I’ve always been somewhat peculiar. Not peculiar in a bad way, but in an interesting, provocative kind of way. I am the weird greenish-yellow crayon in the box that no one ever uses. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. My mom enrolled me and my sister into a Waldorf school where we spent our time building fairy houses in the woods, making slingshots out of twigs, and singing songs huddled around my teacher while she plucked away at her harp. Music has always came naturally to me. I was raised in a family and community where being eccentric is normal. These eccentricities influenced me to be an interesting, creative

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