I grew up in a very small town and my community, growing up, was very
tight knit.  Everyone knew and respected each other.  When I was little my
 friends and I were known as the East Side Garber Gang because where
 there was one of us, the rest followed.  We didn't do anything gangish, of
 course, except hang out.  In a town as small as mine, when I was
little it was easily to be confused to who I was related to and who were
 just friends.  My family had cookouts in our backyard all the time and
 to me those who came over the most often became part of my family.
 We were our own community inside the town, my family and my family friend. 

My whole family grew up in Garber, including my grandmother
 and her sisters.  It's kind of like a legacy left behind where someone
 in my family will always be in Garber.  Though I don't plan on going
 back to my home after I graduate from OU, I have plenty of siblings and
wouldn't be surprised if one of them continue that legacy
 through their children's generation. 

My other community inside my home town would be my classmates.
  Out of the twenty I graduated with, thirteen of them had grown up
 with me from kindergarden.  We were all very close by the time
graduation rolled around and couldn't believe we would be leaving each
 other for the first time in thirteen years. 

I am really glad I grew up in the community that I did because I feel
 as if it has made me the person I am today and I am very proud of all
 that I have accomplished.  Not only am I proud of the accomplishments
 I've made because of the way I grew up, but I am also proud to say that the
 Christian town I grew up in has helped me grow to be a better person
 now that I would have been if I hadn't had the community I did. 


This is an air picture of my town.

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