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THE STORY OF MY LIFE
By Mirela PENU

My name is MIRELA. MIRELA PENU.
My parents, ALEXANDRU, and MARIA chose this name for me
after they watched an Italian film that had 2 (two) children as main characters:
ANGELA and MIREL. My parents switched the names of the heroes in the
movie. So, my brother's name is ANGEL and mine is MIRELA.
My name consists of ... 3 musical notes: MI-RE-LA. When I was
little, I only signed myself with ... the sign of a ... musical note ♪. That's how it
seemed, to me, that ... I'm unique!
I was born in a large town, in a Romania southern region, Dobrogea.
I spent my childhood in a special place, between the Danube and an area with
vineyards on hills. The commune is called Niculitel and is located close to a
UNIQUE place in the country and in the world: the DANUBE DELTA.
I was a happy child. I spent all my time in the middle of nature,
among hills, forests, waters, flowers. Even now I am enchanted by the greatness
and beauty of nature. I feel a strong call for hills and mountains. Only the
thought of mountain makes me happy and calms me down.
When life brings me some problems - because that's life for everyone,
with joys but also with some less pleasant situations - I imagine myself looking