- It's not "home", it's "The Quarters"
- You learn at a very young age how to play a brass instrument.
- You get asked a million times "The Salvation Army is a...CHURCH?"followed by:"Yeah...but what do your parents DO?"
- By the fourth year you've been in one place you get nervous around move time.
- You have friends in at least five different area codes and think nothing of it.
- You find yourself drawn to the clearence racks when you walk into a store.
- Your parents have an endless supply of Hallmark in storage somewhere.
- Most of your parents friends have the initals: DC, DYS, CO, DS.
- "Family meetings" usually mean you're moving.
- You can't imagine how someone could live in one place their entire life.
- At age 16 you go on your first date using the 15 passenger van.
- Your parents show up in full uniform to any parent teacher conference.
Acknowledgment to Melissa Heatwole (Facebook).
