ROMY BREWER
Romy Brewer used to feel like a professional mover. Her husband was a naval officer for 25 years, and during 19 of those years, their
family moved 16 times! Romy knows first-hand about the mixed emotions and stress a move brings to a family, even when the move is a positive one. Romy said, “I feel like I can help ease the stress of that big life event by making my clients’ experience as smooth and wellplanned as possible, trying to stay a step ahead, remembering the challenges of finding a home, meeting that budget, convincing reluctant kids, and then physically moving.”
Romy has always worked in a service industry job, from being a local drug store pharmacy clerk in high school to a waitress during college at the University of North Carolina to a Piedmont Airlines Flight Attendant after flying the coop. She reunited with her high school sweetheart after years apart and after she had completed flight attendant training. She sent him a postcard that read “Marry Me, Fly Free.” They married in 1990. After their children were born, Romy became a stay-at-home mom. Being “home-based” allowed her the freedom to be a room mom for her children’s classrooms and serve as a member of various civic organizations, as well.
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In 2006, Romy’s husband received a military transfer that moved their family from Virginia to South Texas. She still remembers being surprised by, and in awe of, the pride that Texans have in their state. She was also thrilled to find that Portland, TX, was like Andy Griffith’s Mayberry. “In urban Virginia, IF a child was allowed to ride his bike to school, and he had not chained the frame to the bike rack, it would have been stolen in minutes,” Romy explained. “In Portland, TX, many children, even tiny kinder babies, rode bikes and scooters to school alone and then just casually left them at the bike rack. Most didn’t even lock them up! At the end of the day, I was always amazed
to see that their bikes were still there. I knew this was the right place for us!” They rented a house their first year, thinking that they would be moving soon due to her husband’s Navy career. However, the longer the Brewers lived in Portland, the more they loved it and didn’t want to leave. After many nights of family discussion, Romy’s husband chose to retire from the Navy, and the family decided to put down roots in the community. They bought a house with a view they loved, and Romy and her husband started a habit of enjoying the sunset together on their back porch.
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