2024/Colton -

Being a military child isn’t always fun. One bad thing is we move a lot. It’s hard to leave friends, homes and sometimes even pets. We also have to go somewhere completely new and get used to it. You have to make new friends, get used to your new school, and adjust to the new environment and culture. Additionally, our parents get deployed a lot! And we have to adjust to them being gone and often have to wait a long time for them to get back.

But on the other hand there is many benefits. We get to experience many new cultures and places. We also get to live in and travel to many different places that people dream of just visiting! We get to learn about many contrasting things to where we previously lived and are able to make many different memories and friends.

Being a military child overall helps us grow. Moving around makes us more adaptable and able to handle change. We also learn to appreciate the people around us because we don’t see places and friends for very long and appreciate the time we can have with them. So even though being a military child can be tough sometimes, it makes us strong and caring people.

Haiku:

Leaving friends behind,

New adventures lie ahead,

Memories we’ll keep.