I am from…..
Adapted by Levi Romero
Inspired by “Where I’m from” by
George Ella Lyon
I am from cooking utensils from televisions
and radios
I am from the big, warm welcoming
household that
always smells like candles and my
mom’s home cooked meals.
I am from the dandelion
The oak tree who’s long gone
limbs
I remember as if they were my
own.
I’m from Sunday family dinners
and that
dark hair that we have all
inherited.
From Maggie and Ron Ramadan.
I’m from procrastination and also
hard working
and from a family who doesn’t know
how to save a dime.
I’m from my parents constantly reminding
me that family
is everything and if you keep making that face it will stay
like
that when I would make funny faces as a kid
and eating your vegetable will
make you grow big.
I’m from Potlucks and get togethers.
I’m from Springfield, Illinois and
Palestine.
I am from homemade cookies and chili
From my brother falling of our trampoline
and breaking his arm as
a kid because we were fighting on it. From all the
beautiful family
pictures my mother has hung up of each of us in my house. The
ones that
hang in our living room for everyone to see, the ones I also cherish
and
remember in my heart.
By: Naeveen Ramadan Date: 01/25/2012
