Where I'm From

I’m from long dark snowy winters, shoveling moon-lit ponds and hearing skate blades leaving shaved ice with their hockey stops. I’m from little towns, boasting rodeos and auctions, prairie fields littered with oil wells and grain elevators.

I’m from summer sand and lake breezes, ice cream dripping down our chins, bicycle riding till sun dipped behind flat fields. I’m from many new houses, new friends, new neighborhoods. Always the new girl. I’m from homeschool co-ops and homeschool choirs. I’m from public school band. I’m from correspondence lessons on the metal roof, sun-tanning {...}

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