2025/Sadie-

A military girl doesn't have a home if you think about it. Yes, we have a house to live in and a school we go to and all of these wonderful things, but we don't get to really grow up in a place. We have got to make friends and make memories and stuff like that. Thankfully for me, I have a home even though I don't have any place where I'm from. I still count my home as Texas. Canton, Texas, to be exact. I have most of my family there. They are all from the same place and every single person, blood or not, is still family no matter what they are and forever will be family to me.

Someone asks me where I'm from. I will always and have said Canton Texas even though I have never lived there, but I say I'm from there because it's my home even though I have never lived there. Texas is my home because of my family. Canton is a fairly small town and I love that not many people live there. It's big and open. It's a very gorgeous town with many animals and lovely grass that's never dead. Flowers are always blooming, very sunny and hot most of the time. It just feels right when I'm there.

I could choose to live there for the rest of my life, I definitely would, and I would never complain because it's my home and it makes me feel safe and happy. It's my safe space where I can just roam around and be happy and free. The people there are the kindest too. Most people aren't the greatest, but in a small town like Canton everyone is so kind to each other, and it's great to see a community thrive like that, and I enjoy every second of it. I wouldn't give up for the world.

Texas food is another thing that makes me feel at home when I'm not. Some examples are chicken fried steak or my personal favorite brisket, and it will have a special place in my heart. I love a lot of things about where I'm from and even though I wasn't born there or ever lived there, it's still my home and I intend to keep saying that. Texas is one of the things I love the most . I would choose that over any expensive thing ever or any nice tasty sweets because Texas is so dear to me because it's my home, it's where I'm from, and it's who I am. I don't need all these fancy places to live or fancy clothes. All I need is my cowgirl hat and boots and to be in Texas because, to me, Texas is home, and it will be forever. In conclusion, my home is Canton, Texas, whether of my family blood or not, my family is there and even though I'm not there, it's my home. It's my hometown either way, because I've never found the appeal of being from anywhere but Texas. I adore Texas and forever will because Texas is my home.