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Please don't take what you've got for granted

I'm from a Third World country called Guyana. It's located in South America, and while it's a beautiful country, it is a poor one. My parents and I emigrated to America in 1995, right before my third birthday, and we moved into a small, cold attic. For my first year in America, we had no furniture. We had no couches or chairs. We used to eat our dinner on a cold kitchen floor. At some point, I had came across a cardboard box which I had folded into two pieces and drawn cushions on. That became my "chair" for my first year in America. As well as I know my father, I don't know the complete story about his childhood or how he grew up. My fathe

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I once knew a boy Who carried his dreams on his back And kept them together In a burlap sack, Which he hoisted And heaved Until finally He'd leave Usually in the same way That he came, With a bag full of dreams A back full of pain And with nowhere left to stay. This boy Though so small carried it all Without a single complaint, While his legs seemed to stall And continually tried to fall At every bump in the road. But on the boy walked He could not be stopped On his quest to keep his dreams. So to help him along I sang him a song So mellifluous And so sweet It became a lullaby And slowly shut his eyes So he could finally go to sleep. And

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Please don't take what you've got for granted by TwiggyTeeluck, journal

Please don't take what you've got for granted

Aug 23, 2013

I'm from a Third World country called Guyana. It's located in South America, and while it's a beautiful country, it is a poor one. My parents and I emigrated to America in 1995, right before my third birthday, and we moved into a small, cold attic. For my first year in America, we had no furniture. We had no couches or chairs. We used to eat our dinner on a cold kitchen floor. At some point, I had came across a cardboard box which I had folded into two pieces and drawn cushions on. That became my "chair" for my first year in America. As well as I know my father, I don't know the complete story about his childhood or how he grew up. My fathe

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