I’m from waffles and red Coke

McDonald’s and Chocolate

I’m from fairy tales and stories

From poems and books

I’m from bike rides

And adventures around Capitol Lake

I’m from daycare and business trips

Stories in my head

I’m from Saved by the Bell

And Full House after school

I’m from friends and fights

Sleepovers and feuds

I’m from princesses and fairy tales

To ghost stories and night games

I’m from family

And church at Christmas time

I’m from holidays

And Santa Claus, the imaginary friends

I’m from dancing and running

Kick ball and the YMCA

I’m from the books and the novels

Madeline L’Engle

I’m from Louisa May Alcott

Laura Ingalls Wilder and C. S. Lewis

The little things

The big things

Have made me me!