Where am I

Where am I

Where am I? That’s a good question. Well I’m in Nebraska the state that I grew up in; I wasn't born here in Nebraska. I was born in San Bernardino, California and only lived there for three months. I’m really glad my parents moved me and my family out here when I was little, I couldn't have asked for a better state to grow up in. Everyone here are pretty friendly you can be driving down the road, and wave and they usually wave back. You don’t see that anywhere else but Nebraska. I live in Phillips, I don’t live in the actual village yes it’s called a village because the population is too small to be called a town. Well I live out in the country of Phillips, I live in a farm house built in 1901, and I live between Aurora and Phillips. Right across the highway is the Giltner spur so I’m not completely in the middle of know where. 

I think growing up in the country was a really good experience; all my memories come from growing up on the farm. Even though my family never farmed ever in life, I really appreciated growing up out in the middle of know where. Growing up in the country helped me appreciate my family a lot more; we all became really close because it was just us out there. It helped me realize that one day when I’m older, married, and have kids that I want to come back and live in the country. I don’t think there is a better way to live then living in the country, because there is something about waking up and going outside and breathing in that fresh air, or being able during the summer to look up at the night sky and being able to see all the stars in the world.

I go to school in Aurora, where I attend Aurora High School it’s not all that bad I mean it could be worse. The town of Aurora is nice; everyone knows each other and are mostly friends. You have people here that haven’t ever lived anywhere else. The only thing that I find wrong about Aurora is that you really don’t have privacy, sometimes personal stuff happens to someone and then their neighbors find out then pretty soon half the town knows about it, and that is usually the big talk in town for that week. But that really doesn't happen that much. I’m really grateful for being able to go to school in a town where everyone will have your back, everyone is so helpful and kind and you don’t find that in a lot of towns in the U.S.  People here really do look out for a lot of kids, especially if you’re in an extracurricular activity the whole town shows a lot of support for the students who are participating in that activity.  

I find it very weird on how population of towns around Nebraska affect how people act, I mean if you come to Aurora everyone are really friendly, where as if you go to Grand Island people are usually pretty mean and aren't that friendly. I think also think growing up in a small town and going to school in a small town really affects how kids think. Kids who grow up in small towns know respect and are good people, where if you grow up in a town a little bigger or a lot bigger your usually not that nice and don’t respect people or property. I feel if you grow up in a small town it makes you a lot better person, it teaches you values and morals that you will take with you for the rest of your life. That’s why I appreciate growing up here in Aurora and being able to go to school here, because I don’t know how I would act if I grew up and lived in California. I think that I would get into trouble if I lived in California that’s why I appreciate to live here in Nebraska.

Now living in the somewhat middle of Nebraska isn't all that bad, we are an hour away from Lincoln, or an two hours away from Omaha. We are also an hour or less from Kearney so it’s not all that bad. You always know that you’re going to be around towns, unlike the towns west of us where it’s just your town and the closet town are hours away. 

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