So, there I was, driving through backwoods Oklahoma on my way home from singing at a veteran's dinner, my two babes snoozing soundly in...
  "Thank you for your service!" The cashier at the commissary smiled cheerfully as she handed my ID back to me. I usually answer with a polite,...
I consider myself a well-seasoned military spouse. My salt and pepper roots are not just owed to genetics but also in part to having...
As a military spouse, I’ve been conditioned to expect bumps in the road. Changes are inevitable, everything is taken with a grain of salt,...
People often ask me how I do it. How do I survive a deployment with two kids? How can I train for a marathon...
Y’all, I never thought I’d be a salesperson. I have always been the shy, dreamy-eyed romantic who is feeling big feelings and writing poetry...
(Disclaimer: If you are one of my friends who live in Wichita Falls, Texas, and you are NOT military, close your eyes and scroll...
This summer we moved overseas. For about 2.5 months, we lived in a variety of housing situations — the majority of the time spent...
While only seven, four, and two years old, my kids are obsessed with music. My 4-year-old can pick out a beat from a mile...
Two years after my husband and I were married, we faced our first deployment. We didn't have any children yet, so it was just...
Did you know that active duty and retired military families can purchase discounted tickets to Disney World and Disneyland? Tickets are available in a...
This is part one of a series on fun and affordable things to do in Hawaii. This series also aims to highlight the need to...

Military Lifestyle

Normalized Overwhelm

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Over the Edge I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...