Geography is the location of places and regions, it also includes culture and religion. My geography starts with my parents, both were born in the Philippines. Both came from conservative Catholic families. So I grew up Catholic, but I personally did not like the Catholic practices, so I became Baptist. They met in the mid 1990"s and got married in 1997, but before that they traveled abroad to Taiwan. After they eloped they had my sister, Audrey, she was born in Quezon City. And in September of the next year yours truly was brought into the world. My parents both wanted the best for us so in 2001, they traveled to Chicago, Illinois to work. From there I was back and forth from relative to relative, from Philippines to Guam. This experience had a big impact on me, by making it hard to form relationships. At that time it was a constant goodbye, I was never able to establish close bonds. Being that I was a toddler, I felt as thought people were leaving me, it was scarring. After a year of this back and forth, my parents were able to fly us to the states to join them. From there I was able to call a place home. I moved a few times. My most recent move was in 2011, to Woodridge. It was here I felt the most excepted by my peers. Since the move I have traveled to Missouri for vacation and Monticello, Illinois for camp. The camp was where I realized that we are not alone in this world and that they are people going through the same things you are.
Mrs. Gremillion
12/1/2014 01:37:06 am
This is EXCELLENT JC! You are also a great writer. I love how you've mentioned how these impact who you are deep down inside. Keep up the great work :-)
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Dominick A.
12/2/2014 03:16:28 am
This is a great, very descriptive story to read and it show a lot about who you are and how geography impacted your life.
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Andre D.
12/8/2014 10:36:25 pm
JC that was really good and descriptive. It was interesting to read and see a point of view from someone who moved a lot.
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