Terry Groves
B.R.A.T.S. Forces Kept in Line
Mom was a small woman compared to the sons she raised, but she was big enough to keep us in line. She had to be with dad being called...
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Terry Groves
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
B.R.A.T.S. Lessons Learned
I remember Mom telling Dad how the next door neighbor's boy had asked to be driven somewhere. The response had been that the gas tank in...
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Terry Groves
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. Tags - The Names We Go By
We can get called by many names during out life. Here is the history of my nicknames
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Terry Groves
- Nov 6, 2021
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S Who Gives a Sheet?
Growing up a military brat, for me, resulted in a fair bit of regimentation in my childhood. I am not certain it would have been the same...
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Terry Groves
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
B.R.A.T.S. Girl Things
Did you grow up believing a misconception?
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Terry Groves
- May 5, 2021
- 6 min
B.R.A.T.S. Living on the Economy
Being a brat didn't always involve just military settings. Sometimes we got to interact with the civilian population at a more personal leve
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Terry Groves
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
B.R.A.T.S. Fork My Arm
Can kids be trusted to make smart decisions?
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Terry Groves
- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
B.R.A.T.S. Wisdom
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...
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Terry Groves
- Mar 17, 2021
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. The Night the Night Froze
Wolf Cubs and Boy Scouts were a constant theme throughout my youth. Through the activities and my never-ending quest to amass proficiency...
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Terry Groves
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
B.R.A.T.S. Newspaper Route
My first job had a profound effect on my career
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Terry Groves
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Follow the Recipe
Even when I was so young I was still mastering walking, we were encouraged to spend time outside. In the winter, the activities were...
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Terry Groves
- Feb 20, 2021
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. Hair
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...
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Terry Groves
- Jul 4, 2020
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. Climbing Mount Everest
Some challenges seem so much bigger when they are right in front of you.
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Terry Groves
- Jun 28, 2020
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. Non-Brat Friends
Not only did I learn to build relationships with other brats, I learned about non-brats too
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Terry Groves
- Jun 20, 2020
- 3 min
B.R.A.T.S. Pets - Part of the Family
When we first moved to Clinton, we brought our cat, whom we had named Cotton because she was all white, with us from Winnipeg....
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Terry Groves
- Apr 16, 2020
- 4 min
B.R.A.T. Tomatoes
What sort of stuff grows in a dump?
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Terry Groves
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
B.R.A.T.S. Building Memories and Knowledge
Even when I was really young I had a passion for plastic models. For me, it was the assembly, fitting the parts together to make...
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Terry Groves
- Apr 1, 2020
- 6 min
B.R.A.T.S. Fight, Fight, Fight
So, you wanna do something about it? Fighting as a kid.
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Terry Groves
- Mar 25, 2020
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. Working Times Square
Moving always meant another opportunity to meet good people.
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Terry Groves
- Mar 18, 2020
- 4 min
B.R.A.T.S. Winter Adventures
Winter can be so magical when you are a kid.
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