By Matt Browning
When Rose Hill’s Landon Marshall was little, his dad, Keith, spent a lot of time working nights. Combine that with Landon and his sisters being in school, they didn’t get to spend much time with their dad.
But as they grew older, his work schedule changed so that they could all be together more.
“With my dad in the military my life has been affected a little bit but not too much,” Marshall said. “As I got older he stopped working night shifts and now works the weekdays with time to see us.”
While Marshall recognized his life was not altered too much because of his dad being in the military, he and his family did have to relocate more than a “normal” family.
“We never really adjusted our lives too much while he was in the military,” Marshall said. “We got pretty used to relying on our mother for things since we didn’t see him as often. We never moved too much either. I believe I’ve moved six times total but most of them I don’t remember because I was too young.”
Marshall said patience would be his to any kids or families going through hardships of having a family member serving our country.
“I would tell them that it should get better as it goes on depending on what the profession of their parent has,” Marshall said.
