Where I come from...

“Where I come from…”

I am from the winds of the North and the Cascade Mountains to the East.
I am from where the crosswinds blow the hint of Pine, Fir, and Tamarack trees.
In the Spring you can smell the apple and cherry blossoms, and the sweet smell of wheat fields on a cool spring day.
Where the four seasons are welcomed like a new dawn, on a fresh day.
I am from the young love of high school sweethearts that grew into the adults that gave me the strength and wisdom beyond my young years. Who taught me that life is not always fair.
They gave me the ability to earn what you want and appreciate what you have.
I am from my Grandparents Southern influence and religious teachings.
Saturday mornings at church and afternoons on nature hikes in the woods.
Games of Scrabble, aggravation and debates about the world, at our lake retreat.
Mornings drinking coffee and playing search a words in bed.
I am from wise strong women who raised children and had careers, long before it was popular, women who were not afraid to have some fun and adventures with their children and grandchildren, take kids to Disneyland and snow skiing in the winter.
I am from the warm desert wind that smells of cactus flowers and orange blossoms.
I am from a sister that is a mother, a daughter, a sister and herself a wise strong women.
She is a teacher for her young children, and an inspiration to me, for my future family.
I am from my Lord and Savior who would not have taught me all that I have come to know, if it didn’t have a purpose.
Who has shown me that Miracles and unanswered prayers are open windows, from the closed doors. That life is not always fair, which is why he died so that I could live.

We are studying poetry starting next week...who can guess what "type" of poetry this piece is? Yes you may combine more than one genre. We have Lyric, Narrative, form, Sound Devices, Speaker, Figurative Language, Tales, Legends. Oh, and NO, you can be smarter or dumber than an 8th grader to awnser this question! ;o)