The thing I just can't help but to be awed and amazed about is that I reacted like this LONG before I knew my past.
Not to split hairs, but you ALWAYS knew your past, you just weren't aware of it.
"Any place you want to" MIGHT be rational and sane...It's also defiant. I accepted the fact that there were people who didn't want me around, who thought I had no value. It was and is true. And, I suppose, it hurt. (I don't specifically remember that.) But, when it comes right down to it, we ALL have a perfect right to walk this world. You, me, Bill Clinton. Doesn't matter. We're here, we get to stay and do what we can or will as long as we have the chance. And NO ONE has the right to say different. They can say what they want anyway, true. But WE can ignore them or tell them to F off or what ever.
When you are a very young child, you're dependent on others. No choice about that. And it's important that they value you enough to keep you alive. Or value staying out of trouble enough, which ever. Once you're legally able to mind your own business, you don't actually need them anymore. You're as free as you choose to be. You can find your OWN place and claim it for yourself. The truth is, there are a LOT of people who value you and are glad you're walking this world.
I have to confess, I went for a few years where it was a huge goal for me that I own my own place, because I wanted something that no one could take away from me. Now? I might be ok with a motor home. (Heat in the winter is a huge plus! And, I'd like room for books, and the dogs. and i suppose that goofy cat too...)