"smile through the sadness that screams from your spirit.."

"We live in a world that tells us how we should act, think, love; and, driven by an overwhelming need to be accepted, we all too often lose that which is most precious to each of us... our souls. We follow others' leads, we conform, we do the "right thing" and smile through the sadness that screams from our spirit, as we try to please those around us. Like Cinderella's evil stepsisters, we try to turn that special shoe that was made just for us, into one size fits all. And while many of us manage to squeeze our foot into someone else's shoe, the pain eventually causes us to limp through life, never taking the opportunity to realize how special each of us is. God intended for each of us to be individuals, to follow our own paths, to run joyfully through life, experiencing the wonder of the world while wearing our own shoes... or better yet, without any shoes at all." - The Brat Chronicles


Top 10 Reasons You know you're a Military Brat:


1.Are amazed at people who have never left their hometown.
2.Are able to imitate others speech patterns easily
3.Are asked is it hard always moving around when you don't know anything else.
4.Answer the question "where are you from" with "I'm kinda from all over the place"
5.Can identify ranks and duty station by the stickers on the car's bumper.
6.Actually like the clothes at the PX and don't mind that 100 other people are wearing the same thing.
7.Are asked "where did you learn to speak English so well"
8.At 22 you are trying to find someone in the military to marry so you can get a new ID card.
.9.Are amazed at people who have lived somewhere more than three years.
10.Are brought to tears by military music.