My family is moving...

SammyL · Dec 23, 2005

[SIZE=14pt]My family is moving...again. [/SIZE]

We moved once during the summer after 1st grade from North Dakota, and we started 2nd grade in South Dakota. It was so hard, second grader or not. It took me a long time to make friends. I am a shy girl so its difficult for me to make friends. That year, my dad got a new job, which is why we moved in the first place. Now as a freshmen in highschool, life could not be better, I know almost everyone in my small town highschool, and over the span of seven years, I've made some friends that I treat like my sisters and brothers, I've lost friends, and I've had crushes on boys. I am respected by every member of the freshman class, and it took me a while to earn that respect. I say hello to everyone, and smile often.

And now we are moving again. My twin brother and I will start school as sophmores in Minnesota. My mom got a new job there. Oh man its gonna be hard! I thought moving when I was eight was hard, I can just imagine moving when I'm 16! I am so happy for my mom though! Its just going to be so hard to leave my friends, and the boy I've had a crush on since the summer after eighth grade. It may be selfish. I sure feel selfish, but I'm scared. Its going to be a big school, and I don't know if I'm ready for a big school. I just earned my FFA jacket this year, it has my name on it and everything! I'll get to use it this spring, because we are not moving till after freshmen year, and then I will not be able to use it for this school again. I don't know if they have FFA at the new school, and I will be losing my oral interp partner when we move...sigh..

But on the bright side! My mom finally has a job!!! We will be living in the country where we can get big horses. And the little horses, plus all the rest of the animals are coming with us. No one gets left behind.

I still feel selfish though.

Thanks for listening, even though its still the move is a long ways away yet, I just need to talk. My friends are having a hard time too. My brother is not doing to bad with it though, so for that I'm grateful.

Thanks,

Sam

Feather1414 · Dec 23, 2005

OMG

Sammy, I am SO sorry. I know how hard it is to move, trust me. We moved from California to Colorado when I was 13, and its difficult. I came into a new school in 8th grade. It was hard. No one would talk to me, I had no friends and people thought it was funny to pick on me because I had NO idea what pop ((soda)) was.

I am here for you. I will PM you my phone number and you can call me whenever you want. I am up half the night anyways, and besides, a real friend is the one who WILL answer the phone at 4 in the morning.

I'm really sorry. I was so afraid you were going to have to sell Blue and Faith.

SammyL · Dec 23, 2005

[SIZE=14pt]OH GOODNESS NO! I would never sell those two!! They will always have a home with me! They will help me through the rough days...[/SIZE]

Thanks Jamie..I appreciate it.

horsefeather · Dec 23, 2005

Sammy,

I know how you feel. Although I am TONS of years older than you

, I went thru the same thing, except I went to 13 different schools during my 12 years of school! My dad was in the Navy and sometimes we just had to move across town, but still another new school. The absolute HARDEST move (after the 1st one) was my senior year. I had to start a new school the beginning of my senior year. I am glad to know you have siblings. That will help. I am an only child and I just hated lunch and recess....all the kids always had their own clicks and I just kind of stood around, as I was VERY shy. I didn't have any horses then, but I did have dogs and they were my best friends. I know it's hard, but just try to be friendly and smile, like you do now at your school. Hang in there, you WILL make it thru the move!

Pam

MInx · Dec 24, 2005

Sammy honey, Listen to old grandma here, I am Minx (maxine) and I went to 16 schools, 4 high schools, (dad in Air Force)one was a Japanese one! Yeah it's hard but wow do oyu meet a lot of neat kids! And a lot of boys!

They have FFA at almost all schools so you will be fine there. Give it two weeks and you'll see you will have at least one new best friend and that's all you need to get started.

Keep your chin up and think of it as a grand adventure kiddo. and remember we're on here for you anytime. Maxine

Cronewolf · Dec 24, 2005

Boy do I know how you feel we moved in my Jr. year and I went from a school where I had 17 kids in my class about 300 in the whole school to a school with over 350 in my class. No FFA no 4-H mostly kids who had moved around a lot. Had to take mostly advanced classes because I was way ahead of most of the classes. But I got though it and so will you. I started working as a volunteer in the SPCA , and met a lot of kids who had the same interests some of which I am still friends with 43 years later. Could end up the best thing to ever happen to you. See if there is a horse club of some kind.