There I was living a good life in Nashville, Tennessee. I was very comfortable in the current state that I was in. I was just a young boy during the summer before I would head into the 4th grade. Summer was going amazing with many memories. But then I got told the news that would change the life of me and my family forever. At the time I was pretty young, just finished the third grade at St. Henry School and I was feeling comfortable. But sometimes I will soon find out, is not always a good thing. At this time I was living in very green and warm Nashville, Tennessee.
It was the eginning of August and it was almost time to head back to school. But at that point school sat in the very back of my mind as I was totally focused on trying to have the best time before summer ended. School hadn’t really been said between my mom which was kinda weird because normally we were on the ball getting school supplies and uniforms. But I didn’t think much of it, after all, I was only just finished the third grade. My mom had said something during the beginning of summer about maybe moving to Connecticut but nothing had been added on to that.
I my mind I thought we were never leaving Tennessee. But then the time came where on night my mom and dad called me and Lily, who is my sister, over to the table to have a family conversation. At that very kitchen table, I got told the news that I never thought would hear. “Alright, I have called you guys down here because a big decision has been made in our lives that yall need to know about. ” My mom stated in a sad tone. At this point my young 3rd grade self wasn’t thinking much of it. I just thought we were deciding on what we were going to eat.
Then my mom dropped the bomb. “This has been a long debate on what we should do, but with he job I will be getting, we have decided to move to Ohio. ” At this point I went from totally not focused and thinking about what I could do tomorrow, to eyes in with a blank stare on my mom’s face. I was amazed. We have chatted about maybe moving but I never thought it would come to the day where it would be a reality. At this point my world was in total shock. “We will be moving in a week or so just in time for the school year,” my mom had stated. I didn’t really know what to think.
I would be leaving everything I had known and loved. l’d have to say goodbye to my friends because some of them I would never see again. I was a very hard mental time for me. I really didn’t know what to think of the situation. A few days later me and my sister helped my dad to rearrange the house so we could sell it. People came in and took pictures to put them on the market along with the house. It was one of the weirdest weeks of my life. It was a time where things were being arranged and our stuff was getting moved out of the atics and we were getting boxes.
But what was going to happen was me, my sister, and my mom were leaving now so we could get to Ohio in time for school. We would stay at my grandmas house until we were able to get a rental. Then my dad would finish up with the the house and his job and come to Ohio in January. We hopped in the car and we drove off. I remember asking my mom in the car, “Is dad seriously coming in 4 months? ” It was hard because he had to finish up back in Tennessee and we wouldn’t see him for a while.
The car ride was also filled with many “are-you-there-yet’s” but that’s another story. Then we finally arrived in cloudy, rainy, and chilly Ohio. Like I’ve said before, we decided to stay at grandma’s house until we got a rental house. When we arrived at Grandma’s house it was very nice to see them. We talked about ow the drive was for awhile and then we talked about school starting up in about a week. We were obviously going to a new school and it might be tough. We went to this meeting at the school for new kids which was good but I was still very nervous.
Finally the time for the first day of school. In the morning I got ready, talked with grandma and grandpa, and then we went to school. It was very weird walking in and seeing everyone talking with their friends and I knew absolutely no one. Then when we had to choose a locker partner. Everyone went to their best friends and then there was me, with no one. But there another ew kid that also knew no one. His name was also Garrett. The teacher matched us up, we talked, and since that very moment we have always been friends.
It was a lazy day where all the teachers introduced themselves and we just sat there and talked. Then at recess I didn’t really know what to do. Then a kid that I will not name, asked me to come over and play football with them. I did and I have been friends with that group of kids ever since. Over at grandma’s house it was nice but I sorta was hoping for the rental house sometime soon. It wasn’t that I didn’t like it there because I did. It was just that there wasn’t a ot of room and it got sorta cramped. Then a month later, we got news that my parents had bought a rental house.
We went to check it out and it was nice because we had some cool woods in the back. We moved in a couple days later. It was an awesome house, small, but it fit us right. We had some cool neighbors that we played outside with a lot. The woods were nice and we actually made a fort back there. Then a couple months later, my dad drove up and joined us in the rental home. It was so nice to see him again. Life was just weird without him and and with him back in felt great. Our family was now reunited and everything seemed like it as falling in place.
Soon after we sold our home in Tennessee which was amazing news because now we could search for a house to actually buy. It still took a while but after living in the rental house for a year we finally found the house that was right for us. We moved in and to this day the house has been amazing. School has also been going smoothly ever since it first started. Looking back on it, it was an interest time in my life. This change has been the biggest thing that has happened to me in my life. And through this new journey I can officially say that it has made me a better person.
