Personal Narrative: Greenville

I have never really considered Greenville the town where I grew up in. But, it is the place where I have made many changes in my life and grew to be the person I am. I guess I consider the place where I grew up to be home, and I do not see Greenville as a home. My heart has always belonged in Georgia, because that is where all my family lives and I have the most memories with my family all together. When it comes down to it, Greenville is in fact the place I grew up. All my schooling and friendships take place here. For the ten years that I have lived in Greenville, I have lived in the same house. It is in a small neighborhood on a road with surrounding neighborhoods — suburbia. When we first moved in, we were a very close neighborhood. Together we would have neighborhood holiday parties, summer get togethers, and yard sales. But as time passed, many of the neighbors moved out; and new ones replaced them. At this point, I do not even know half. My house itself, is pretty standard in my opinion. In my neighborhood, all the houses match a color scheme, but they are not have the same house plan. It is the typical run-of-the-mill two-story, four bedroom, three bathroom house. All the houses in my neighborhood either have three or four

For the duration of my family’s time being here, we have gone to the same church. It is St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church. Both my parents were raised as practicing Catholics so, they wanted their children to be raised this way as well. The church is fairly big and is home to English and Spanish speaking communities. The two languages have different service times, but sometimes we have bilingual services. I enjoy these a lot, because I feel like I am learning a new language. St. Gabriel’s offers sunday school, which I have attended since third grade. Last year I received the Catholic sacrament of Confirmation, which basically is a ceremony to promise yourself to