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PA will alway's be home to me. Not just because I was born there, but also because I think it is the most beautiful place in the world.
I was born in Charles Cole Memoral Hospital in Coudersport, Potter County, PA on 31 December, 1976. I was a normal size infant of about 5 lbs and I'm not sure how big.
My parent's didn't know what to name their 8th child, so for the first week of my life my name was "boy". My older sister's tried to help my Parents with this task, but with little success. Finally, it was my 2 older brother's who decided my name, Norman J. II. I was named after my Grandfather.
At this time in life my Dad had just gotten out of farming due to a severe crop loss and was working for a pipeline company inspecting the weld's on pipeline's. He wasn't home much, but when he was my mom always made sure I knew who he was.
We continued to live on the farm till I was 4 years old. It was then my Dad took a job working for nuclear power plant's as an Inspecter. We moved to Ohio and I started kindergarten there. It was a lot different there than home because there were no hills and no where to really go explore like home. We lived there for about a year and a half before we moved to another part of Ohio. We lived in the second place for a little while then moved back to PA and the farm. I was happy to be home.
By this time I was in 1st grade. This was my 3rd school in one year and because of the amount of time I missed from school because of moving I was held back for a second year of first grade. Well after about the first quarter we moved again, this time to Michagen. We lived there a whole month before moving to York, PA. This is where I finily stopped moving and got to finish school.
York PA
I think this is why I love PA so much, because we kept going back to it. I was able to go back to Potter County whenever my parents wanted to go home to see family or go hunting. I have grown up with the beauty of PA's culture and wildlife. I have seen the leaves turn firey colors in the Fall. The fields and hills full of snow. I have seen a lot of it's wildlife playing in the forest and have learned to enjoy it's simple pleasures. It is the only place I know where you can be in a mid-size city in a minute, an hour or two later be in the rolling hill's and scenic country the next.
I also love PA because there is ALWAY's something to do. In the spring you can go fishing. In the summer you can go to several park's, includeing Hershey Park, where they make Hershey chocolate!!! You can go to Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom where they have the coolest water ride's. In the fall there is small game season and after Thanksgiving is Buck season. In the winter there is snowmobiling and skiing. All year round you can go to many places for dancing, dining or whatever float's your boat.
I think the biggest reason I love PA so much is because my family is there. It seems like no matter where I go in PA I have family there. It's great to have people to go see all over the state so you can go see new places or revisit old ones. PA is also not lacking in historical culture either. We have everything from Independince Hall in Philly to the Gettysburg Battle Ground.
Gettysburg
If you've read this far I probably sound like an advertisement to visit PA, but it's how I look at my home state. To me, it never gets old, just exciting. I put some link's on here to some PA sites so you can either get more info or just take a look at some of the pics. Have fun!!

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