I am from my mom. I am from my dad.
I am from my best friend Kellie who lives in a faraway land.
I am from my great-grandma who is one-hundred and four.
I am from a Canadian friend Kenneth who likes to say, Bonjour.
I am from a blonde girl in California named Brittany who was very tall.
I am from April who never experiences the cold and chilling fall.
I am from my unusual family most of all.

I am from Mexico, Australia, and France plenty more.
I am from the Cherokee Native Americans who went to war.
I am from England, Essex to be exact.
I am from Japan; people in my family are from Fukushima my dad and I tracked.
I am from Canada, my friends and family live there.
I am from my ancestors who seem from everywhere.
I am from stardust that started from a star that gave us Earth.
I am from this planet that arose and gave my parents the ability to create me.

I am from different restaurants every Thursday after school.
I am from fresh lemonade by the pool.
I am from Japanese snacks such as Pocky, Hello Panda, Melon Neri Ami, and Chocorooms.
I am from Kyoto candy and all flavors of Ramune.
I am from being fed chocolate before age one.
I am from eating cookies before the cooling is done.
I am from burning my mouth on tea and cocoa when I was young.
I am from teaching my cousin how to say vanilla because for her, it was a slip of the tongue.

I am from drawing by myself in my room.
I am from growing flowers and waiting for them to bloom.
I am from reading with my grandma before she died.
I am from when I was young and dreaming to be a bride.
I am from performing as a character and loving the spotlight.
I am from staying on the computer and watching anime late at night.
I am from reading with a flashlight under the sheets.
I am from learning how to ride my bike and maneuvering it down the streets.
I am from imaginary friends that I used to play doctor and patient or teacher and student with when I had no one.
I am from standing by my dad and shooting a box with my first gun.
I am from the click of my tap shoes or the pat of the ballet slippers that time that I decided to be a dancer.
I am from my first day of school and raising my hand because I knew all the answers.
I am from spinning until I can’t tell where I am and seeing the world upside-down and laughing until my sides hurt.
I am from not being afraid of getting mud and grass on my skirt.

I am from Minecraft where I met my current best friend.
I am from Dead Space which is so good I wish it wouldn’t end.
I am from playing Monopoly and I end up always winning.
I am from the horror games I play that are the scariest in the beginning.
I am from resisting the urge to throw the controller at the TV.
I am from finding lots of great new friends over video games and talking to them through Skype and the thought of that leaves me smiling.
I am from laughing and getting scared with Kellie while we watch and play games like Nether, Amnesia, and Rust.
I am from making my own games with friends when I was six in my backyard like gathering flower petals and sprinkling pixie dust.
I am from pretending and dancing around as a fairy princess with a perfect end.
I am from taking chances and talking to Kellie for the first time after meeting her though my friend.
I am from sharing secrets and playing truth or dare with the girl that lives the farthest away but feels the closest to me.
I am from wishes to meet her and play games with her in reality by crossing the sea.

I am from a dog named Boy whom I was here for most of my childhood and passed away from an old age of fourteen though loved me and my dad with all of his heart even though he was just a rescued mutt.
I am from my dog Princess and my cat Felix. Complete opposites, a perfect brother sister pair, love each other but refuse to show it but I know it in my gut.
I am from running around in my forest of a backyard with Boy and my dad while we found an old treehouse and practically lived in it.
I am from walking around the neighborhood with Princess acting like a dork and wobbling around the block like she has never walked a day in her life and stumbles every ten steps.
I am from an indoor cat who loves to lay around by himself and knock things over and he even turns around and checks.
I am from loving animals around me who never seemed to want me to leave whenever I needed to.
I am from the pets that would never hesitate to lay by me when I was sad or sick with the flu.

I am from the strength of my father.
I am from the nurture of my mother.
I am from the support of my friends.
I am from the caring of my pets.
I am from the tight knit bond of my family.
I am from the feelings of music.
I am from all of these things, for without all of them I would not be here with it being me not being born or myself giving up, but with me being created, I know I am here for a reason and I promise myself that I will find out what that reason is, even if it is small.
I am from everything that makes me, me.
I am from my mistakes.
I am from the little details of my life.
I am from love.