Deborah also recalls other changes. In Grole, people had known each other their whole lives. In Harbour Breton, there were "strangers." The new people who had moved there did not feel as free to act the way they did in their old home. Suddenly, Deborah says, you could not hang your quilts on the bushes to dry. What would people think? Mothers could not stand on the road and yell out to call their children home. After all, there were strangers around. For the new people, the land did not seem like their own. Some of them didn't feel comfortable going hunting and fishing as they had before.

There were also new figures of authority. In Grole, people had to police themselves. In Harbour Breton, they had to "watch out for the Mounties." This was both good and bad. On the one hand, it made people who were not used to police afraid. On the other hand, Deborah is sure that it placed some controls on people who might abuse others in their families.

There were also medical services near by. Deborah recalls how strange this was for her family. When she or her brothers or sisters got bad cuts or burns, people would say, "Take her to the doctor." But usually they did not go. They treated these injuries at home. This is what they were used to doing. Doctors were for when you were really sick or having a baby.

Deborah's story of resettlement has many ideas and issues in it. Her family's story is also the story of thousands of people in Newfoundland who were resettled. As a child, Deborah did not have strong feelings for or against resettlement. Her memories are of both good things and bad things. At the age of eight, the size and nature of her world changed. But she was young; she was able to adjust to it.

Older people often had a harder time. The past was a familiar place for them. It was a place where they knew everyone. The future was a stranger.