At nine years old the child was taken from the city it was born in to a far away place called California. It was beautiful but both the child and her mother felt like strangers. The father was away a lot and all they had was each-other.
For the first time she saw the ocean.
Deer on her front lawn.
A hummingbird in the back yard
For the first time she didn't see snow on New Year's day.
After only a year in this foreign land the family moved again; to a country called Poland. Here the child spent the next nine years...graduated high school, found a few good friends, had crushes, disappointments, developed a passion for art, books and wri