10 years old is that magical age when a military child can have their very own I.D. card. It's exciting! You feel more grown up with this I.D. card that you see adults showing everywhere they go on base.
I still remember the day my dad took me to get my first I.D. card.
It was a big deal to be able to show my I.D. card when we went to the BX, or movie theater. I learned to never leave home without it!
Leading up to her 10th birthday I kept talking to Kayla about getting her own I.D. card after she turned 10. Shortly after her birthday we drove past the base and she said, "What about on base? What about my I.D. card?"
I don't think it'll mean the same to her as it did to me ... mainly because we don't live on base. When I was growing up we always lived on base. And when we lived at Hanscom AFB in MA it seemed everything was pretty much in walking distance. I walked to the Youth Center, Bowling Alley, BX, Commissary, movie theater, pool. Different place, different time.
I will have to make sure to take Kayla's card with me when we do go on base. I know she'll want to show the gate guard (even though she doesn't have to) because she sees me do it. I'll have to take her to the BX so she can buy something and show her card to the cashier.
So a rite of passage passed down from one generation to another:
And the picture of myself, at 10 years old, getting my first I.D. card...
6 comments:
what a beautiful kayla!! love her ID pic. oh my already her ID card!! What memories it brings back to you!! and look at you!! beautiful too and oh so happy and proud of your ID card!! love mom
Gee, will you still be in the AF in 5 yrs so Lucas can get his ID card? :}
That's awesome! It's amazing what something like that does for their self esteem. :)
How exciting :) She is so absolutely beautiful!!!!
~Christa
So fun, love the picture of you at 10! What did Kayla say about that picture?
I don't remember getting my first id card. Probably because we also lived off base and my mom would NEVER let us have them! lol Somewhere I think they still have them.
Very, very cool!
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