As I said before, I used to live in Missouri, or more specifically, the small town next to the now news famous Ferguson. The little town that I lived in was called Florissant. Missouri is a state known for it's famous city, St. Louis, which is known for the Arch, otherwise known as The Gateway to the West. I actually lived very close to St. Louis, and for a long time thought that my family lived in St. Louis. Of course, this was when I was little and didn't know the minor town names.
Anyways, I lived in Missouri till I was 10, so I had to fight to survive. When I was around 6, I learned how to hold my fist the correct way so that if I ever got in a fight, I wouldn't break my thumb. I learned the best pressure points to punch somebody at, how to do a upper cut, and all those small fighting moves, so that I would never get beaten up. I learned what to do if somebody tried to kidnap me. When I was 9, my bike got stolen when I had just begun not to use my training wheels. St. Louis was a city of murder and crime, and if you lived there and didn't know anything about the rest of the US, you would often think that its normal to have a lot of crime in a city.
I'm also the smallest and youngest in my family, so I was very prone to threats from my older brother and sister. My brother is much bigger than me, and very strong, so to ensure that I would to do what he wanted me to, he would twist my arm or slap me on the head really hard, but not to much, otherwise Mom and Dad would find out. My sister is much more peaceful then my brother, so she would use little threats and blackmails so that I wouldn't tell on her or so that I would do what she wanted. I was what you would call the runt of the litter, and let me tell you, it isn't fun. Being ignored, and almost always never getting what I want, like an allowance, when my brother and sister did, and still do.
I was home schooled from 1st-4th grade, so I had pretty much no friends except for a kid that lived just down the road. My life was boring, and I had nothing to do except for cleaning my room and reading. With the exception of a few family outings to restaurants, of course. My family had no known relatives in Missouri, so we didn't have anywhere to visit. Once or twice we got to visit Vermont and New Hampshire, where most of our relatives live. We also had a few family friends that we would go visit every now and then. But most of the time I would be doing my chores.
There was also very good food in Missouri. Lots of fast food that was very yummy. Popeye's fried chicken, White Castles, Taco Bell, KFC, Steak and Shake, Arby's, all of these really good fast food chains. Also places where if you ate enough of their food, you would probably get obese or get really sick. The food isn't exactly healthy, but its really good tasting, and very addictive. Here and there you would find the friendly diners that served healthier food. They were mostly family diners, and they loved to get business. My family often went to those diners, cause they always had good food, and were always willing to talk to the customers about politics and what was going on in the city.
Well, thanks for reading this Missouri themed blog, I hope that you learned a little bit about St. Louis, and my life in Florissant. I'll try to post another blog soon!
- Abigail
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