August 17th, 2007 - You know you’re an Officer’s kid when…
- Its not “home” its “The Quarters”
- You learn at a very YOUNG age how to play a brass instrument.
- You get asked a million times “The Salvation Army is a…CHURCH?”
- followed by:
- “Yeah…but what do your parents DO?”
- By the fourth year you’ve been in one place you get nervous around move time.
- You have friends in at least five different area codes and think nothing of it.
- You get used to seeing people at commissioning who knew you when you were two years old, and decide to tell you this EVERY YEAR YOU SEE THEM.
- You find yourself drawn to the clearance racks when you walk into a store.
- Your parents have an endless supply of Hallmark in storage somewhere.
- You’ve stood in below zero weather ringing bells on Christmas eve because it’s the “good thing” to do.
- Most of your parents friends have the initials: DC, DYS, CO, DS.
- “Family meetings” usually mean you’re moving.
- You can’t imagine how someone could live in one place their entire life.
- At age 5 you get dropped off at school in a 15 passenger van.
- At age 16 you go on your first date using the 15 passenger van.
- You hear “WOW. I didn’t know your parents where in the army!” or “Your dad is a pilot?”
- Your parents show up in full uniform to any parent teacher conference.
- You know what CBLI, CMI, and CSB stand for.
- You’ve been going to camp for as long as you can remember.
- Coming home from the first day of school you can’t remember which house is yours.
- You have no clue what High school re-union to go to.
- Your parents use your personal life as constant sermon illustrations.
From the Facebook group of the same name.
