2025/Grace-

The place I call home, Memphis, Tennessee, the place that practically formed me into who and what I am today. A place where I was born, molded, and physically grown. I wouldn’t say I’ve been all over, but I’ve been almost all around Memphis. It’s also home because of all the people there that I know, friends and family.

Although the place I call home is known for its terrible things, mostly crime related things, it still doesn’t make it not home for me, it will forever be home to me. I had to leave the place I call home behind, it was hard, considering that I was leaving a lot of good people behind, like my family, my friends, and my loved one. I was also leaving a lot of memories behind. The place I call home, it was hard to sometimes call it home, but it was, for those reasons. It was what kept me going in Memphis.

Leaving home was hard, but moving here to Korea was harder. I wasn’t used to this kind of stuff, mainly the lifestyle of things here, I had never moved overseas before. It was scary, all I wanted to do was go back home and stay there. Eventually though, I learned the ways of living like this, and got used to it. It was hard to move away, it really was, I do miss all those people from home. But I know that I will never lose them, I still have them by my side in this journey. I still talk to these people actually.

Besides the fact of leaving family and friends behind, I’ve lost a lot too. It was all for good reason though. I learned that they weren’t good people, so I guess I can say it was good to leave those people behind back home. Overall, leaving home was hard, I cried almost every night once I left, all I wanted was to go back, I thought I could never come to like the place I live at now. But, it has grown on me, although I miss home, and still want to go back, I like it here too.

I call Memphis my home, but I can also call this place, Korea, home too. But forever, for me, will Memphis, Tennessee be my home, in my heart, mind, and flow. This is why I call it home, because of everything I’ve been through there. This is where I call home, Memphis, Tennessee.