Personal Narrative: We Re Moving

I had heard those words so many times, way too many times. “We’re moving!” My parents would always say excitedly. Seven times, six states across the country all in a matter of 15 years. My parents have moved our family again and again which has affected me in a positive and negative way. My father was in the military when I was just a little kid. He graduated from West Point and was a blackhawk pilot for seven years. He was stationed all over the USA, and he continued to be moved around once I was born. Before I could even remember moving at all I had already lived in four different states. I was born in Texas, then moved around to New York, Arizona and Ohio. I have very vague memories as far back as Ohio but I don’t remember the move there. …show more content…
This is when moving started to get harder because I was going into the 2nd grade at this point and I could really understand leaving all my friends and somehow trying to make new friends from nothing. This has helped me in certain ways such as being able to work well with others and cooperate with others. It also has been bad for me never to have really close friends I have know for years and years. After Arizona, we moved to Washington State. This was probably my favorite place living because we finally settled down in one place and lived somewhere for more than just a few years. I started not feeling like a new kid all the time and I started to get close friends who I had started to know for a few years. We lived there for eight years then one day I was driving with my dad to my brothers wrestling practice. I can still hear him telling me once again “We’re moving.” I was absolutely mortified. I didn’t know what to say or do. Once I finally felt I started to fit in and I wasn't “the new kid” I was right back to being the new kid. We then moved to St. Louis Missouri where I live now. I have some friends but I still absolutely know I will be the new kid through high