<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Courtesy of the <i>Stuttgart Citizen</i> (military community news - Stuttgart, Germany) at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/schools/month-of-the-military-child-essay-not-the-normal-life/?utm_source=The+Citizen&utm_campaign=57cbf8a5db-USAG_Stuttgart_Daily_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d1698effb-57cbf8a5db-259988733">https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/schools/month-of-the-military-child-essay-not-the-normal-life/?utm_source=The+Citizen&utm_campaign=57cbf8a5db-USAG_Stuttgart_Daily_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d1698effb-57cbf8a5db-259988733</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————-</div><div><h1 class="title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 32px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/schools/month-of-the-military-child-essay-not-the-normal-life/" title="Permalink to Month of the Military Child Essay: Not the normal life" rel="bookmark" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Month of the Military Child Essay: Not the normal life</a></h1></div><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">By Evelyn Dupont</strong><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Patch Middle School, 8th Grade</em></div><div><br></div><div><div>What does it mean to be a military-connected child?</div><div><br></div><div>When you look at me, you see a young girl. You assume I’m a normal child with normal parents and and normal life. Military life like mine is everything but normal. I have to deal with many challenges every day. I have to move, make new friends, say goodbye to parents, and leave a life behind. However, without the military I wouldn’t be me.</div><div><br></div><div>I have lived all around the world. Every time I move, I know I won’t be there for long. I know I will make and lose friends. I know I can’t get attached to things because it will just make it harder to leave. However, I’m glad I’m able to move. I have made friends all around the world and I get to see the whole world. I have even moved to different countries. Moving has given me the opportunity to experience things not a lot of kids have.</div><div><br></div><div>I can’t imagine me not as a military kid. Military is part of me and that can’t be taken away. If I wasn’t a military kid, I wouldn’t be the “me” who I love today.</div><div><br></div><div>So you can see what it means to be a military child. You have to deal with a lot of hardships but in the end, it’s all worth it. Military has made me who I am and I am forever thankful. That’s why I love the military.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Trump”</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Donald_Trump/Youre_a_Mean_One_Mr_Trump.mp3</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>