JS> Getting settled here has been a challenge for me to say the least...
 JS> I can't  even imagine how some of the folks here and else where can
 JS> move so often! I  just don't know how you can survive frequent moves...
 JS> this has been an  absolutely awful experience... but I am surviving...
 JS> and will just be glad when I can get out of all the boxes!!!
 I have so much 'stuff', (paint, stencils, yarn, ribbons, patterns,
 crayons, canvas, etc.), it would be almost impossible to find anything
 if I boxed it up and moved.  It would take me weeks to pack and weeks
 to unpack.  I have so many 'collections' I've long lost count.  But
 when I was growing up, I didn't live in the same place for more than
 two years.  We moved back and forth across the country, from Air Force
 base to base.  I didn't know that people could live just in one place
 all the time.  To stay in just one town all your life sounded dreadful
 to me, like a prison sentence.  We didn't place a high value or
 priority to physical objects, because they could get lost or damaged in
 the next move.  Being with our family was the most important thing we
 had.  We learned to make friends very quickly, by treating everyone as
 a friend until they proved otherwise, and knew from the start that we
 would be parted soon.  Life was full of adventure and learning.  It was
 a rich lifestyle, one I would wish everyone could have.
                                T'Kaat
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