2023/Anabella-

Sometimes being a military child is fun. I get to travel and meet new friends, but it also sucks because with meeting new friends I also have to move away from those friends. It also hurts when your friends have to move. It feels like a ship is sinking in my stomach everytime my friends tell me that they are moving. I know that I will always have contact with them because of technology but it's never the same, you will never know when you will see them again or if you even ever see them again. The worst part of being a military child is moving.

In June of 2019 my dad said out of nowhere “We are moving to Japan Again!”

I was shocked. I didn’t know how to feel because this was the second time I was moving to Japan and I have already made a bunch of friends here in Texas. I didn’t know how to respond so all I said was “Again?”

Fast forward to August of 2019 I have already landed on base. It is now my first day of school. It felt like there were butterflies fluttering in my stomach. I was very nervous, I knew absolutely no one. That day I met my first friend. Her name was Yuna and she was one of my closest friends for a while. Then I opened up and met so many new people. Now today I have so many great friends and it's sad that I think I will have to redo this process because I will be moving again in August of 2023.