Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Personal History #2

 #2: When and where were you born?


My dad was in the Air Force.  He actually met my mom at a pub while stationed in England.  My mom had my sister at the time, she was just a baby.   My dad and mom were married shortly after meeting and soon had my brother.  They traveled from England to Mississippi where my dad was from, I am not sure but he may have gotten out of the military for a while at this point?  At some point he was back in the military and stationed in California.  It was at this time that my parents considered divorce.  My dad had orders to go to Germany, my mom was working for a family in California and according to stories she told me she wanted to stay there.  

My mom had recalled she had a history of "women problems" and was considering getting a hysterectomy. She went to the OBGYN to have the hysterectomy pretesting done and found out, that surprise, she was pregnant with me.  She and my dad reconciled and she went to Germany where she had me at a military base hospital. 

My parents stayed together a few more years after my birth.  We all moved back to England before I was a year old.  My dad was stationed at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and left England with my brother at some point.  Shortly after, with ideas of reconciliation again my mom, my sister and myself moved to Georgia, I was 6 years old.  

My parents didn't end up reconciling, but both found other people and both remarried. 

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