i came across the best "meme" the other day and had to share it. it's a fun way to relive your childhood. Go here for directions on writing your own (and an explanation on the derivation of this meme):

I Am From...

...rainbow shirts and friendship bracelets. From the Atari 800 and one of the last VCRs on the block.

I am from the city-suburb: an inbetween of city-lights, and suburb-quiet.

I am from milkweed pods in October and dandelion fuzz in July. From the orange of Grammy's marigolds, and the sting of the crab-apple fights with my brothers.

I am from Cheerios eaten in our rooms on Christmas morning. From the library and the natural history museum on Saturday mornings.

I am from Jameses and Eugenes, Myrtles and Marjories. From liverwurst at Nana's and rutebega at Grammy's. From the Scotch-Irish and the Germans.

I am from conservative, orthodox presbyterianism, who didn't (and still don't) allow women to speak during worship. I am unfrom them now.

I'm from St. Elizabeth's hospital on Ash Wednesday, 1973.

From the spires of Oxford, the charasmatic Anglican church that changed my parents' (and eventually my) belief of worship. And perhaps God.

I am from white-framed paper photos stuck to black-paged photo albums on Mom's closet shelf. I am from wood and metal framed photos on the second floor wall of my childhood home. I am from dozens of Hallmark-store diaries with cheap locks, and shoes boxes of letters from penpals, now ashes.