Significant Moments In My Life In Puerto Rico

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I have relocated plenty of times throughout my life. For most of my life I lived in Puerto Rico. The nine years that I lived on the island were full of significant moments I will never forget. What’s unique about Puerto Rico is that it’s a small island where most people in town have known each other for years. My life in Puerto Rico was the greatest because it felt like a vacation the whole time. My favorite part about living there was spending a lot of time at the beach with friends and family. I remember camping there for the weekends and loving every single second of it. One of my favorite moments was when my grandfather would take me to the little store at the beach and he would get me a necklace. The necklace wasn’t the most expensive

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