moving
Did your family move around a lot, or stay in the same place when you were growing up?
We moved a lot as we were growing up. I don’t even know all of the places we lived when I was young.
My dad was in the Navy and we were stationed up and down the southern coast when I was very young.
I was born in Idaho and we immediately moved east. In 1968, my brother was born in Florida. I know we lived in other places along the southern coast but I don’t know all of them.
We moved to San Diego in the early 1970s, where my other brother was born.
From there, we moved to Missoula, Montana, in the mid-1970s where my sister was born.
In 1980, we moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1984, we moved to Flagstaff, Arizona.
All of this impacted me. I have trouble staying in one place for too long. I get antsy and need to move.
I’ve tried supplementing it with travel and that seems to help. I’ve lived in the same home for 3 years and, for me, that is a long time.
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about 3 years ago
we never moved ~ growing up it drove me crazy because i couldn’t wait to shake the dust of my small town off of me … my mom was born in missouri and her dad moved all of them across the states and canada to finally settle in our small town – my mom spent most of her childhood on the road so she was happy to stay put. my dad, on the other hand was born in that same small town and so was his mom and her mom before her. i was related to half the town when i was born.
i have itchy feet and can’t stand being in the same place for very long though somehow circumstance has found me settled, at least until my son is gone to university and then who knows where my feet will get to, maybe nowhere but where i am but at least its not where i was …
i wonder if its personality or circumstance that makes it hard to stay in one place for very long … interesting stuff!