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Month of the Military Child

April 8, 2015 By: mybigfathappylife

There were difficult times growing up.  I always wished that I could live in one spot and have the same friends since Kindergarten.  However, I would not change my childhood for anything.  I got to spend weekends skiing in the Alps, live on West Point and pick berries on Mt. St. Helen.  It  definitely made me the person I am today: hard working, honest, resilient, and stubborn.  And inspired my love to travel!

It’s something that I do not talk about much on my blog is that I grew up as an Army Brat (and my parents would probably say that I fit the term “Brat” to a T).  April is month of the Military Child to recognize the courage of these children who face challenges that are beyond what normal children should experience.Month of the Military Child | mybigfathappylife.com

Every military child’s life and experiences are different.  For me the first 16 years of my life was spent moving every 18 months-3 years all over the world.  I moved 9 times (not counting the times we had to move into temporary quarters).  I have lived in the East, West, Midwest and South of the US and in Germany (twice).  I attended almost as many schools as years I was in school (10 schools in 12 years).  My dad missed out on birthdays and holidays due to training and going to the field, and was sent overseas on an unaccompanied tour for a year.  

Month of the Military Child | mybigfathappylife.com

I never know how to answer the question ‘Where are you from?’  Is the person asking where I live, where I moved from or where I was born?  I usually preface with I live in Baton Rouge, but my dad was in the Army so I have lived all over the world.  Don’t even try to place my accent because I am sure it’s a combination of the different places I have lived.

Month of the Military Child | mybigfathappylife.com

There were difficult times growing up.  I always wished that I could live in one spot and have the same friends since Kindergarten.  However, I would not change my childhood for anything.  I got to spend weekends skiing in the Alps, live on West Point and pick berries on Mt. St. Helen.  It definitely made me the person I am today: hard working, honest, resilient, and stubborn.  And it inspired my love of travel!  

Thank you to our military!  But an extra special appreciation to the children and spouses that are along for the ride!

*Thanks to my mom for digging through old photos to find these treasures!

Month of the Military Child

Photo by Eye Wander Photo

 

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Comments

  1. Kallee says

    April 8, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Moving isnt fun. I didn’t move as much as you did as a military child, but boy did I hate changing schools!

    • mybigfathappylife says

      April 11, 2015 at 9:07 pm

      Yes it was always difficult!

  2. Kristin says

    April 8, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    Military families are heroes in my book….every single member of the family!

    • mybigfathappylife says

      April 11, 2015 at 9:09 pm

      I agree Kristin!

  3. Erin says

    April 8, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    Wow! Military families are amazing and I look up to them. Yes you can have some adventures in new places but that’s not what life is all about…it has to be hard moving around so often

    • mybigfathappylife says

      April 11, 2015 at 9:08 pm

      Thanks Erin!

  4. Louise says

    April 8, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    It must be hard to move so frequently and I can see how it makes answering the question “Where are you from?” a very difficult one to answer but having all those different experiences of living in different areas can be a positive thing too. I have a lot of respect for military families having to cope with a parent being away on active duty and the frequent moving.

  5. Nicole Keener says

    April 8, 2015 at 5:40 pm

    I’m a veterans wife and our daughter was born in Korea. We have moved quite a bit. But once PTSD started to manifest we settled down. I am glad that “we” are out of the military it would have been really hard on my daughter moving so much She used to have really bad separation anxiety.

    • mybigfathappylife says

      April 11, 2015 at 9:34 pm

      I hope y’all are enjoying life out of the military and being together as a family!

  6. Michelle says

    April 8, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    BIG thanks to you and your family for the many, many sacrifices made over decades serving our nation! I went to 7 schools K-12 and I think it may’ve helped me make friends pretty easily. But then again, I probably would’ve been a chatterbox anyway! 🙂

    • mybigfathappylife says

      April 11, 2015 at 9:29 pm

      Thanks Michelle! I think the schools that I attended helped since the majority of them were either DoDDs (schools on post) or near post and the other students were in the same situation.

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