The Things We Keep
Alan and I are moving in June, I am dreading it. Twenty years ago, my family and I moved from the Redlands to Mount Gravatt so we could be walking distance to school. I hated it in the beginning, because life is unpredictable and those of us who don't like changes prefer to be where life is comfortable and familiar. I remember being eleven, awkward and overweight and at that time I just felt like my parents were ruining my life because they wanted to save money on petrol rather than Mum make the half hour journey to drop us off at school and then head home again. Eventually I adjusted to our new home, I can't count the number of times I bumped my toe against the floor eaves, I remember feeling grumpy because I had to wake up earlier to walk to school and my legs were sore from walking. Around that time my Mum enrolled us into dance and drama. I loved dance, hated drama but I did it anyway and six months later, my challenges had become my strengths. Ironically, drama was my fav