States of My Life

I have lived in 4 different states throughout my life. The first being Georgia, where I was born. I have spent a lot of my life in Georgia, even though after I was born, we only lived there for a few years. My grandma lives in Georgia and I always stayed at her house every chance that I got. After Georgia, my family and I moved to South Carolina where we stayed for about 4 years. I loved my neighborhood because I had two really good friends that lived across the street. We were always outside playing games and swinging on our swing sets. My brothers and I would go to the park that was in our neighborhood almost daily, as well as go fishing at the few ponds in the neighborhood. We always had this idea that there was a huge alligator in one of the ponds, and that if we got too close to the edge, he'd rush out of the water and get us. Part of the reason why we were terrified of that idea was because one of the older kids we lived near told us an earfull of stories. I enjoyed my life I had in South Carolina, so you can imagine I was terribly sad when my family and I moved to Virginia. When we first moved in, I HATED it. Sure we lived in a nice house and neighborhood, but it just wasn't the same. I went from having a big room, to a tiny room that looking back today, was probably about the size of the smallest dorm room you could find. My brothers had the huge room that was supposed to be a game room. They had a window seat that I always loved to sit on and peer out of the window. After I started school there and made some friends around the neighborhood, I started warming up to my new life in Virginia. We only lived there for about 2 and a half years before we finally came to our last destination- Montgomery, Alabama. I have lived in Montgomery for the past 8 years. When we finally arrived at our house I was excited because we had a pool. Later on that night, my mom drove my brothers and I around town and by the school we would be attending, Garrett Elementary. That night driving around in the car was an emotional one for me. Montgomery was way different than where I had come from in Virginia. I actually started crying because I thought that I would never grow to like Montgomery. It stayed that way for the first 2 years that we lived here. Today, I actually enjoy living in Montgomery. I have made so many friends within these past 8 years, and I even met my boyfriend of almost 3 years here. If I had never moved to Montgomery, I would've never met him or some of the great close friends that I have. I also started going to concerts and hearing a lot of the bands that I loved listening to. Music has always been a big part of my life, and I finally got to experience the music scene when I moved here. Living in Alabama is also more conveinent when it comes to visiting my grandma. When we lived in Virginia, it took us almost 11 hours to get to my grandma's house. You can imagine 11 hours in a car as a kid would be a very painful and boring ride. Overall, I think I enjoy living in Alabama the most, but Georgia will always be my home away from home.