Moving
Who remembers their first move? How many have moved more than once in their lifetimes? How many felt those moves were more of an adventure than a hassle? I suppose age plays a large part in how we answer that last question. For me, the first move came at a time in my life where I was just starting school and making new friends. I was 5 years old when we moved to Hamilton. This was a pretty big move, it started out like an adventure but turned into an arduous journey for a five-year old kid. Only looking back, do I clearly see the adventure. I remember quite well the days leading up to the move. There was a lot of packing, of course, but there was also our dogs and a cat that had to be taken care of by family friends during this move. A friend of my father's had an old route van that we used to move stuff into storage. Just remembering this, tells me there were phases to this move. The biggest thing I remember about the phases was the moving ...