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Personal Narrative: Singing Birds And Vibrant Rainbows

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Singing Birds and Vibrant Rainbows Springfield, Missouri was my home until March of my 3rd grade year. My brother, sister and I were constantly moving schools and houses, most of which I had faint memories to recall. I do not normally remember things very well, especially things from my childhood. However, I remember the days we spent in a house on Delaware Rd very vividly. Most of those memories were filled with bright sunny days spent outside with my sister. Although we are not very close now that we are older and have found other friends, we were the best of friends when we were younger. My little brother was too young to make many memories with us besides, of course, screaming and crying at all times and there was one time when he busted his head open on our brick fireplace. He was a small boy with a really big head and those ratios did not add up too well. He was very top heavy and, to my amusement, he was always tumbling over and cracking open his head. That part was not so amusing. Of all the great memories I made in that house, one stands out very well and I reminisce on it often. We had a very big backyard, perfect for young kids imaginations to run wild. And that’s just what we did. We had a hammock hanging in between two big oak …show more content…

Woelk taught a lesson about creative writing. We have a sense for creativity when we are younger. A paper and some crayons are placed in front of you in kindergarten and you are told to draw. Two giant ugly swirly circles appear on the paper with a strange object that looked somewhat like a horn and it is a whale and it is the most beautiful whale you have ever seen. Fast forward to the fourth grade in the same situation and the kid is stumped and has no idea what to draw and can not even begin to draw a whale because,” I am not an artist, I can not draw”. This story makes me recall my own about the strawberry mud pies and, with a slight sting, I realize how my creativity has withered

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