Change
"I need a change." It is an expression I have often uttered in my life as I have never been a person that can stay settled too long. I think there is something about the hidden synapses of my brain that craves variance and at times unpredictability. When I look back on my life from my perch of 46 years there has been a lot of change and some constants as well. One constant was my own childhood. I am thankful to have been able to grow up with the same set of friends living in the same town. At one point my parents simply moved across town and I was devastated. This despite the fact I actually remained in the same school. I swore when I moved to my current location I would afford my child the same opportunity. I don't know if it is as equally important to him yet I have never tested the idea. As he enters his Junior year in high school my promise is nearly complete. He has lived his memorable youth in one house and grown up with the same boys living around him.