Quote by Mary Wesley

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She

Summary

This quote highlights the transient nature of the speaker's mother's life due to her husband's military career. The speaker's father serves as a soldier, indicating a consistent pattern of frequent relocations for the family. The mention of the mother being a "great mover" suggests her adaptability to frequently uprooting their lives. The quote also emphasizes the mother's active involvement in documenting their transient lifestyle by calculating the number of places they had lived in the first 25 years of marriage, which reflects the challenges and adventures they experienced as a military family.

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