flight to safety...

Everybody needs a safe place. We all need a harbor, a refuge or a sanctuary. Everybody needs that place where they can go to escape from real or imagined danger. This feeling I felt right now was about as real as it could get. I felt an uneasy feeling in my stomach as I grabbed a few random clothes from my room. I had an unsettling thought before turning out the light, what if I can’t come back? What if I have to move again? What if I have to say goodbye again? I thought all that was over when my dad unexpectedly got out of the army. I thought the move here to my other grandma’s house meant I would get to be in one place for a while. Everything was being turned upside down again as we fled the danger into the night. My brother and I and my mom were setting out on an unexpected journey to the safe place. I couldn't’t help but wonder how long I would have to run away from places and people that loved me. I looked at my dad as we scurried through the kitchen. He looked both sad and tired. He pleaded with my mom not to go but her decision was made and her resolve was unshakable. I said goodbye to my dad as if I was going on some kind of normal little trip to go see grandma. But, this wasn’t normal. Nothing about how I felt right now was normal. Nothing was ever going to be normal again. I'm pretty sure of that...