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The word sixteen defines my teenage youth. Most little girl’s, like me, could not wait for the day they turn sixteen. You are at your prime time for a teenager. Just saying to someone, “I’m sixteen”, seemed so amazing and mature. I cannot believe I will be turning sixteen in only a couple of hours. It feels as if only yesterday I started my first day of middle school, so excited to meet new friends who I would know forever. Then in the blink of an eye, eighth grade came, so fast and all of a sudden I was going to leave the people who I had gotten to know and spend time with for the past three years, 8 hours a day for 9 and a half months each year to move across the country. I would be leaving these people to start a whole new life in California, which was very intimidating for a fourteen year old especially starting high school in California. Turning sixteen brought back all the old memories and feelings from years ago that I never really realized I had. Starting a new chapter of my life in California made me think of this movie I watched a couple years ago. It was about this man who had an amazing life with a wife and children, but he died in some …show more content…

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