Childhood Adventures Shaped My Life

Running wild in Alaskan woods, I grew strong and brave

Collage of author’s photos

As a kid, I developed a lifelong habit of connecting events to where I lived. Since we moved two or three times a year, it’s the only reference my five siblings and I had to track our tumultuous childhood.

“Was that when we lived in the Log House, on Government Hill, in the Barracks, or…