https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1 Growing wherever I am Planted en-us 2022-04-08 19:58:33 UTC 2022-04-08 20:38:45 UTC hello@padlet.com joshuacruzada116 https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136882265 My story starts out in Seattle, Washington where I lived with my family. I lived in Washington up until I was about 6, with my only worries being making friends and beating video games.]]> 2022-04-08 20:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136882265 joshuacruzada116 https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136884974 Soon enough, my family found themselves far away from the snowcapped mountains and instead swimming through the warm waters of California. Although excited, I had to leave behind all of the friends I had made in Washington.]]> 2022-04-08 20:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136884974 joshuacruzada116 https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136898441 As a teenager just starting to bud in California, I felt as if my life was perfect. All of that changed when I was uprooted and moved from the city life to the country. Everything I had known of the city was completely useless in such a new environment.]]> 2022-04-08 20:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136898441 joshuacruzada116 https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136900986 Now at the times of these mishaps, I thought of it as nothing but a curse. I wondered why I was put through such disasters. Eventually I reached an age where I look back on such times and instead think of them as a lesson. I've learned to be okay with whatever I was put through, and to grow wherever I am planted.]]> 2022-04-08 20:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuacruzada116/r9w0fp4hvg4xi4p1/wish/2136900986