First, fourth, and sixth periods began the day with free writing on the following prompt:

Would you leave this country, never to return again, for $1 million? If not, why not? Is there some sum of money that would convince you? If so, where would you go?

In an effort to improve writing, I need to be more active in providing examples of my own writing. To that end, my own free writing response follows.

Possibly. Probably. Some might take this as materialistic or even unpatriotic, but the truth is, I love Poland just as much as America, and my years living abroad taught me that “home” is a very relative thing. I’ve made and remade my home in enough places and enough times to realize that home is a state of being, not a city, state, country, or even continent. Home is having friends and family nearby. Aye, there’s the rub: if I were to leave the country, the only family I’d likely see would be my parents. No one else would have the motivation or means to come see me. So maybe I wouldn’t.