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Speak up!

 A few days ago, I wasn't feeling great.  My throat was scratchy, and swelling was a little uncomfortable. I know that may not seem like a big deal to most people, but I made a realization about myself in this moment.  Well, a realization about myself but more specifically my life.  These types of aha moments used to scare me but now I feel a peace in knowing. I was a military child, so I lived in a few different places as I was growing up.  I spent the beginning of my life in The First State of the Union, Delaware. If you are familiar with this area, you know that there isn't much of an accent, like the more popular Northern States but that there is more of a distinct pronunciation of words. I think I was born speaking clearly and enunciating or maybe even over enunciating. Of course, I am too young to see the difference between my speech and say someone from the south. The next place I live at is on the tiny Japanese island of Okinawa.  I am extremely shy...