Mama Kat Thursday: Officially A Grown Up
The Mama Kat prompt I'm doing today answers the question, "When was the moment you realized you were grown-up?" It was 1975. Vietnam had only been over a couple years and anyone in the military was held in low-regard in the public-eye. Even so, I joined the Air Force and left for boot camp in October of that year. My Dad drove me to the military enlistment center to Indianapolis on his way to work, hugged and kissed me good-bye outside and I went inside. After that I was on my own. I don't remember thinking about being grown-up at the time. I just remember feeling fairly nervous, but if I have to pick a defining moment for being grown-up, I would say being completely on my own at that point was it. After being sworn in, the recruiter herded myself & a couple other recruits to the airport for our flight to San Antonio, Texas. After that, there was no going back. I have fine and happy memories of Basic Training. We were still treated as "ladies...