TERRY GROVES

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I recently learned just how valuable a brat friend is. During a trip to Ontario to see my family who COVID had kept me from for two...

Ah, those military provided amenities.

Have you encountered heroes in your life? I hope you have. I recall one whose name I never learned. It seemed I was always waiting to be...

Did you grow up believing a misconception?

Being a brat didn't always involve just military settings. Sometimes we got to interact with the civilian population at a more personal leve

Can kids be trusted to make smart decisions?

This story meanders a bit but illustrates a couple of brat bits of wisdom. I left home at 17 after graduating high school. I went to...

I find it curious that what constitutes a weather disaster now, I viewed as an exceptional experience opportunity as a teen. I don't...

Living on a military base gave lots of opportunities for interesting places to explore. I won't go into them all, it would make a very...

Wolf Cubs and Boy Scouts were a constant theme throughout my youth. Through the activities and my never-ending quest to amass proficiency...

My first job had a profound effect on my career

Even when I was so young I was still mastering walking, we were encouraged to spend time outside. In the winter, the activities were...

Growing up in a military family, being one of six boys, finances were always tight. Mom and Dad did what they could to squeeze every...

In about 1968, when I was ten or so, I had a bit of a fascination with fire. I wasn't running around lighting them, I just liked how a...

How do siblings decide what to fight over?

My blog post Tomatoes, has been posted as a podcast on the Military Family Museum & Learning Center BRAT Time Stories site at...

Some challenges seem so much bigger when they are right in front of you.

Not only did I learn to build relationships with other brats, I learned about non-brats too

When we first moved to Clinton, we brought our cat, whom we had named Cotton because she was all white, with us from Winnipeg....