As a child I tended to be quiet and shy, but I was a lot more outgoing with my friends. I loved to ride my bike around the block and thought I was so cool when I could go all the way around with out holding on to the handle bars. I always had a lot of chores and quickly learned to rush through them so that I could play outside or at my friends houses. I moved all the time and lived in 4 states before I turned 18 California, Utah, Virginia, and Arizona. I never lived in a house longer than four and a half years. Most of the time it was a lot less than that. I had to learn to make new friends quickly. I always had a few good friends I could count on. When I was seven I started piano lessons. This was my dream! I loved to play the piano. I never had to be told to practice, I chose to. I memorized almost every piece I had to learn every week. I put all my emotion into the piano, it was my safe place, another world I could escape into. It is the same piano I have and play on today.
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I too had a gypsy childhood - 13 different schools! I didn't respond too well, though. I'm happy that you found the silver lining in all that change. I think piano was more than your instrument. It was the best friend that never left and moved every time you did. Its wonderful that you found such happiness in it.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to living in many places, never for a long period of time. I think it is a difficult lifestyle for a child, but it does keep things interesting for sure. I loved how you described your childhood because it caused me to focus on the good aspects of mine rather then bad memories.
ReplyDeleteMy husband had a very adventurous lifestyle as well, rarely lived in the same house for more than 3 months. Sometimes he did live in the same town twice in a year. I had the completely opposite childhood. We lived in the same house from Kindergarten through my 9th grade year. However all my long frienships didnt occur until I moved, strange. it's good that you had something in your life that always brought you comfort and you could take where ever you went!
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