Home Is Relative
I've always envied the characters on TV shows that get to come home to the house they grew up in. I will never have that luxury. We moved around too much. At a very young age, my father was still in the Army. Then we moved to Chicago. Then my father enlisted again. Then he got out again. Then my parents split up. Then money issues and different circumstances had us on the move for years. Then my mom began traveling with work. Miami is definitely home, but I've lived all over the city. And it's a pretty big city. We lived in Miami Gardens, North Miami Beach, Liberty City, Carol City, Pompano, Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park and probably some more areas, but you get my point. We moved around a lot. Now my mother lives in Maryland, so when I go "home" it's not like on TV when the kids go to that room they grew up in and it's just like they left it. I can't rummage through a garage and find old pictures th...