It’s that time again,
Another farewell,
My heart is sad,
But I know the drill well.
Removal trucks rumble down the street,
Friends pack up their homes,
New adventures they seek.
Ovens are scrubbed,
Garish curtains rehung,
Walls washed, holes filled,
Nothing to be billed.
The March Out is done,
A new home awaits,
No longer will they be here for coffee and cake.
Our children lose their play dates,
Ask where their friends have gone.
To young to understand what it means to move home.
The Army has told them,
it’s time to move on,
with a clatter of doors the trucks are gone.
On this carousel that is Army life,
So long to you,
fellow Military wife.
The houses stand empty,
tears roll down our cheeks.
It never gets easier to lose the friends we meet.
lycrawidow 
That’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings on this subject. Very well written. #Blogstravaganza
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Thank you! It was one of those 03am inspiration posts! I definitely cried writing it though. X
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When inspiration strikes at 3am you just know it’s going to be great.
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You summed this up so well! Beautiful! It must be upsetting to have to keep moving away from friends all the time. Good luck in your new place
Thanks for linking up to #AnythingGoes 🙂
Debbie
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It’s hard, but you get used to it! It’s definitely harder to watch others move than it is to move yourself. X
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One of my best friends is heading off to the Netherlands for the next three years. I think you did a great job capturing the emotion of it. Lovely. #anythinggoes
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That’s very kind of you to say. I hope you get chance to see your friend over the next few years. Thank goodness for social media in between visits though xx
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I can’t imagine what it must be like to live like that. Touching poem. #AnythingGoes
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I suppose like anything, you just get on with it, it definitely has some down days though.
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I can’t imagine what this is like and how hard it must be to move every few years or so. My sister was a military wife and I know she found it tough moving backwards and forwards from Germany. #blogstravaganza
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We’ve not had any foreign postings luckily, as that’s an entirely different game! We may end up overseas one day though. That will be tough! Zx
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That is so sad. I move a lot too, this latest move has lasted 2 years and I’m only just starting to settle and make meaningful friends … but I know it won’t last, sooner or later we’ll move again. This time will be hard.
#anythinggoes
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It gets harder as the children get older, throwing new schools and new friends in to the mix, I wish you all the best for when you move again xx
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This is so lovely x
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Thank you. 🙂 x
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Oh this made me get a cold shiver, I have so much respect for Army families and what they have to go through. Lovely thought inspiring post. Nicky xx #Blogstravaganza
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Thank you Nicky! It’s going to get harder as the kids get older too. The adventure is a downside just as much as a blessing!
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Aw this is lovely, it’s so sad when friends leave they definitely leave a gap in our lives. Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza, hope to see you again next week xx
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