{"id":6885,"date":"2015-02-03T23:18:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T04:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2019-11-14T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T19:22:58","slug":"where-are-you-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/6885","title":{"rendered":"Where Are You From"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Globe\"By Jenni Beaver–<\/strong>A friend of mine posted an article on Facebook that talked about all of the reasons why military kids don\u2019t like being asked, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d<\/p>\n

I read through it and by the time I reached the end, I couldn\u2019t disagree more with the point the author was making. The article was sending a message to the non-military people out there, telling them not to ask this question. However, at least for me, it\u2019s a welcomed one.<\/p>\n

When people ask me where I\u2019m from, it gives me a chance to tell my story, and most people think it\u2019s pretty interesting. I get to tell them about my southern roots, and the Florida panhandle that will always hold a special place in my heart. I get to tell them about the rocky beaches of Guam, and how you can experience the entire island in one day and still be home for dinner.<\/p>\n

I get to talk about holding a koala bear in Australia and slipping on a wet, wooden bridge while on a scenic tour. If the koala bear isn\u2019t enough, I get to tell them about the Chinese woman in the Forbidden City who grabbed my arm and asked if she could take my picture.<\/p>\n

They sit there and listen as I talk about how I was able to take acting classes in the same acting studio that Scarlett Johansson took lessons in when she was younger. I get to talk about the first time I saw snow and how it almost came up to my knees. The funniest part was, I screamed.<\/p>\n

Being a military kid has given me an entire book full of stories that I love to share with people. Sure, sometimes I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m from. That\u2019s one point on which I\u2019ll have to agree with the author of that article. I was born in Florida, but a piece of my heart belongs on that little island in the Pacific, and there\u2019s still a part of me that looks out my window expecting to see Catalina island.<\/p>\n

There are pieces of me all of over the place. That\u2019s the beautiful part of my story. I don\u2019t get to answer, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d with a simple town or state name. I get to answer it with adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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