I was 18 months old when my brother was born.I had been born in Southern California,as was my older brother. Larry would start school in Ferndale,Ca and I a year later in Bridgeport,Conn. We lived the life of a tumbleweed. We were a Navy family. We went across country 4 times, by car...in the 60s. I've set down roots only to have to yank them up again. Yet I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's sheer wonder to lay in the back of a station wagon and see the moon and stars so close you feel like you could touch them.
There is a place on I-40. Maybe a small strip mall, or tourist place up some rocks. It's got horse statues like sentinals. The only thing I could see from the road was a sign "Storyteller."I wanted so badly to hear a story from a bonafide storyteller. But Dad couldn't stop. He had to "make time". Years later my husband wouldn't stop either. Maybe someday.
We stopped traveling when I was 12. I would later move out of home and state. There have been more moves. But I'm home at last. We bought our own home. At last all my boxes are unpacked.
Beautifully written, Cheryl. I can identify with this. My husband was in the military for three years, and in a management training program for another three years. AT the time we had had been married 17 years, we had lived in 17 different homes! Time to settle down… Know what I learned as a result? Closets have to be cleaned eventually; one cannot wait until one moves to clean them! But, the practice must have been good for me. I have downsized twice without any pain or regret, and I know I could do it again if I had to.
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Beautifully written, Cheryl. I can identify with this. My husband was in the military for three years, and in a management training program for another three years. AT the time we had had been married 17 years, we had lived in 17 different homes! Time to settle down… Know what I learned as a result? Closets have to be cleaned eventually; one cannot wait until one moves to clean them! But, the practice must have been good for me. I have downsized twice without any pain or regret, and I know I could do it again if I had to.
What an interesting story! Where did you settle?