Moving To Maine: A Short Story

And I also remember the day, when my parents informed me that we were moving. The plan was to move out from the clustered city of New York, and shift into the suburban setting of New Jersey. As a young child, I was startled and not sure if I was ready to be able to commit and abstained the thought. The thought of leaving my friends and the place where I grew up in all my life, irked me emotionally. With a new city, came a new house and a new environment.

When I was 11 years old I had moved from San Diego, California to Mount Juliet, Tennessee. It was a difficult challenge to face. I had to leave my friends I have been with since 5 years old to a place I have only visited once before in my life. Also the Environment was completely different. I have made a major change moving here.

So far in my life I have moved eight times and been to twelve different schools. I’m not talking about just moving houses. I’m talking about eight times, packing all of my things and moving to a whole different state. In all this I have learned the most important quality that anyone needs to get through all of the hardships and changes in moving. That quality is courage.

When I was only four years old, my life changed forever. It was the year I moved to North Carolina. My dad’s friend got him a job opportunity that he simply couldn’t give up. So, he quit his job and found a nice rental house to live in. I had moved before but I don’t remember. I moved from Indiana to North Carolina with my brother my cat and my parents. When I moved to North Carolina, I was aware of what was happening, but I never realized how different everything would be. The house we moved into we only lived in for a year, but it was a pretty hectic year.

Have you ever had to try something new? Has it been hard? Well, when I moved to Greenbrier, Arkansas I went through hard times with doing new things. It was very difficult. If you have ever moved, you understand what I mean.

When I was one, I couldn't do half the amount of activities and operations I could do today. This is how I've grown to eleven and predictions on what it will be like in ten years.

In times when everything becomes so foreign it is comforting to know I always have Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost standing besides me and guiding me to do what is right.I’ve learned that when changing your life around it is exceedingly important to have a Christ centered life. I’ve gained the ability to adapt to change while remaining positive. Relocating allowed me to refocus my life., but I bounced back with a 3.8 GPA my junior year. I had to pick myself up off the ground and prove that I had what it takes. Not everyone was going to believe in me, but if I believe in myself that's all that matters. With hard work, positivity, and perseverance anything is possible. In life you will have to face hardship and the best thing to do is look it straight on with a smile and tackle it.My favorite part about moving is meeting new people. It is incredible that I have the opportunity to meet new people with different backgrounds and experiences from me. I love connecting with people and creating lasting

When I was little my family and I lived in the small city of Elmira, New York. I remember one of the problems there was that I almost never got to see my dad. The job had required him to commute a long distance everyday, causing him to leave early in the morning, and come home late at night. Even when he managed to get home early he was tired and couldn’t do much. Eventually we moved to Connecticut where we lived in two different places. Living in Connecticut was a little better than living in New York. My dad’s job was a somewhat closer than before. For some reason, life in Connecticut seemed dull to me as a child. To this day I don’t remember anything really fun about living in Connecticut. Our first house had a gigantic downhill driveway

I’ll never forget the time i moved to Maine. We drove a whopping 22 hours to get there. We came from virginia and traveled over the course of a day. My mom was very tired and was awake on coffee and energy drinks. That made me feel bad because i wasn't sixteen so i couldn't help. We stopped at some places along the way and saw mountains and beautiful

       My life changed in many ways, and so did I. Moving to the United States helped me gain experience throughout my life and changed my lifestyle.As I was adapting to the environment, culture, and lifestyle, I realized how difficult

To the average person, moving is not an unusual occurrence. As a child, I moved from place to place ever since the age of two. However, on the account that I was still under the school age, the matter of moving did not affect me as much. It was when I was twelve, that my life took a drastic

We all had to relate to the new neighbors, schools, and state in general. We ain’t really have much when we moved so we had to make the best of what we got. Not having a lot caused some rifts between us but it made us have a stronger bond in the end. Being raised in an environment that was little but so loving than moving to a different environment that was big but not as loving shaped me tremendously as a person. After going through all of that I realized that there is always going to be something better whether it is a car or a house, but you can’t be happy until you love what you got. Once I realized that I became a better person in all ways whether it was how I treat my mother or how I handle stressful

One of the best things that has ever happened to me is when I moved to Maine. It’s one of the best things that have ever happened to me because that is basically where I grew up. I lived in Maine for 7 years. I moved to Maine from New York because my dad worked for a company called First Wind, and they had a job relocation for him. The job relocation was in Maine. Originally I didn’t want to move to Maine because all of my family was in New York, and I didn’t want to be apart from my cousins or grandparents. When we moved my family and I brought our three dogs along, Harley, a Siberian Husky; Mishka, also a Siberian Husky; and Scooter, a mix between a Poodle and a Schnauzer. It was really difficult to drive 805.2 miles with three dogs. Luckily I was in the moving truck with one of my sisters, Lexi, and my dad. My other sister, Abby; and my mom were in a trailblazer with the three dogs. One of the places that we stopped along the way was Augusta, Maine. It was really big, I wasn’t expecting it to be that big because most people forget about the state Maine.

Adaption, moving from one state to another, migrating like a bird but not just for season. Forced to live in a place at never even got to visit. Take the time possibly every two months to see the only family I have. Squeezing in a few minutes to spend time with friends I used to see five days a week. Remodeling my attitude, my whole lifestyle, because my dad received a job offer that doesn't even pay better that is first. Money was tight, making two house payments because no one would purchase our old house, but we needed to move for the start of school. I cried so much the day I left the place I knew as home. I felt as if life was over, forced to wear a mask, act as if I had to be okay with this transition just to make my dad happy.

This move had my feelings everywhere, my heart broken, and my eyes sore from crying. Since my step-dad at the time was in the Air Force and my mom use to be in the Air Force to I was pretty use to moving, but this move was different and a lot harder to go through. I had enough good feelings and bad feelings too balance each other out, but the bad feelings were overwhelming at the start. One night it hit me and when it did it hit me really hard. I felt nothing at first, but then I felt everything when my mom told my sister and I that we were moving back home to North Carolina. Then I realized I was never going to see half of my family again.