My world, My home

Follow me I want to show  you where I’m from. Look around you, Do you see all this? This is where I’m from. This is where it all started. Well most of it any way the pain, the anger, the love and heartbreak, the happiness, yes  I remember some of  that too. It wasn’t all bad, a lot of it was awesome, but more often than not there was some pain or anger being buried. Do you see things the way I do? Can you see the neighborhood kids gathering for a game of football in the street in front of our house? Yeah, it all looks kind of dead now, doesn’t it?  It’s changed over the years. I used to find it horrible. It was hard to live here. To wake up every morning knowing that I was stuck here. Now I love it. It’s become beautiful. I don’t feel stuck anymore.  I know I can leave.  But it’s so full of memories. Can you hear them? They are calling to me. Will you follow me? Will you remember them with me? It’s not all pretty. Would you like to explore life in this town as I relive it?1

Let’s go back to when I first moved here. I think it was the summer of ’96. I don’t remember much about this time but this is where the story starts. This is where we need to start, back when I met my best friend, Jessi. There will be a lot of friends along the way. But Jessi will always be around. She is a major part of this story.  So is Kyle but you won’t meet him til my senior year.  He becomes majorly important at that point.  He’s part of the reason Jessi and I are who we are, you’ll see, I’ll show you how he affected us. You’ll begin to understand soon. There will be many people, a lot who have a large impact of some sort on me, but understand Jessi and Kyle are the most important friends. My family is also a huge part of this story.  You’ll see soon just how crazy life was for me in this town. This small town that doesn’t seem to have anything going on. There is more than meets the eye. There always is, isn’t there? Just like me, there’s more to me than you originally thought, you already see it don’t you? I know you do. I have gotten your attention. Made this story about growing up in middle of nowhere, USA, interesting for you. You’re already intrigued aren’t you? You want to know why I am the person I am and you will find out if you keep reading. You’ll see, people really do affect us more than we think. Our friends and family mold us in ways we don’t always notice, but you will see it in me, often. You’ll notice the changes, the anger that comes and goes, the way my thinking becomes almost another’s sometimes. Let’s start the story so you can see this and so much more. I’ll make the first part short. I just needed you to meet some people so you can understand where I’m coming from.  Their personalities have to be introduced to you. You need to see how they’ve changed me. That’s the whole point, right? So you see the change. That’s the whole point of the story.2