I started out in Pittsburgh PA, moved to Chicago burbs as a small child, and left for college in Southern Illinois at 18.
I was married for 25 years to a US Forest Service employee. He was very ambitious, and told me over and over again that he had to move in order to get a promotion. So--my older son lived in 3 states before he was a year old--born in Washington State, 8 months in south Alabama, and celebrated his first birthday in Morehead, in Eastern Kentucky.
We also spent time in Louisa Virginia, London and Berea Kentucky, Manila Utah, Brownstown Indiana, and Ely Minnesota. (I always say I will never have to go to hell, because I spent my time in northern Minnesota freezing for 5 years.)
When we divorced, I decided to move closer to family, so I looked for work in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. I am now in Ironton, MO, and I hope to heaven that I never have to move again. I am an hour from my mom, and two or three from my siblings, aunts and uncles and cousins.
I am a gardener, and MO has seasons and rain. I garden from March til October, and plan my next year's work the rest of the year. For the first time, I have planted fruit trees and seen them fruit, and have divided my perennials!
I plan on being buried up here on this hill--I ain't leaving!!