#beingabrat

Terry Groves

Feb 19, 20233 min read

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, 20212 min read

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, 20214 min read

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, 20214 min read

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, 20213 min read

B.R.A.T.S. Girl Things

Did you grow up believing a misconception?

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Terry Groves

May 5, 20216 min read

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, 20213 min read

B.R.A.T.S. Fork My Arm

Can kids be trusted to make smart decisions?

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Terry Groves

Apr 21, 20213 min read

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, 20214 min read

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, 20213 min read

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, 20213 min read

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, 20214 min read

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, 20204 min read

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, 20204 min read

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, 20203 min read

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, 20204 min read

B.R.A.T. Tomatoes

What sort of stuff grows in a dump?

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B.R.A.T.S. Building Memories and Knowledge

Terry Groves

Apr 8, 20203 min read

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, 20206 min read

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, 20204 min read

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, 20204 min read

B.R.A.T.S. Winter Adventures

Winter can be so magical when you are a kid.

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