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Military Brat
I didn’t think much about it
When my father left for deployments and TDY’s
Isn’t that what all families have?
A parent who is always leaving
I didn’t think much about it when we received orders
When I left my friends again
When we packed up our belongings and left our old home
Knowing I would never see it again
Isn’t that what everyone does?
Moving away from family and friends all the time
I didn’t understand at my new school
Everyone was shocked that I moved from Japan
Doesn’t everyone move around?
I couldn’t understand why the girl next to me was crying because, her dad had to go on a business trip for the weekend.
I wish my dad could only be gone for the weekend
Not six months
I didn’t realize not everyone’s parents were gone for months
Not everyone was in the military
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As a child who grew up in the military I didn’t realize that not everyone had parents in the military until I was in third grade. We were stationed in Arizona and it was my first time going to a school off base. I realized then that I was the only miliary kid in my class.