Personal Narrative: Where Are You From

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Growing up I oftentimes get asked the question, “Where are you from?”. This always has been a tricky question for me to answer, but my usual response is, “I am from everywhere, and the same time, nowhere.” I regularly receive confused looks and furrowed eyebrows to my response. I then have to explain how my father is in the Air Force, and I have lived in two countries, nine states, and twelve houses all before my eighteenth birthday. Moving around so often has been an immense part of my life, It was sometimes a tough and arduous journey, but it has changed how I look at the world and how I deal with new situations. “Oh! The places you will go!” is one of my favorite quotes, and I think it perfectly describes my life growing up. When I was