I wrote in pen. I should never have written in that diary with pen.
"There is strong, there is Army strong. And then there is...
Communicating the difficulties of military life to our civilian friends is something with which milspouses are intimately familiar. They often struggle to grasp the...
I crushed a baseball cap over my bed head as I grabbed keys. The early morning air nipped at my fingers as I carried...
"See you laters" are an integral part of this military lifestyle that we've chosen. I made peace with that long ago, when I said...
Surviving deployments and even extended TDYs can take a lot out of everyone.
The emotional roller coaster leading up to the goodbye; manning the day...
Every so often in life, you get to a duty station and you find a tribe that makes your time there so, so easy....
Five weeks.
My husband was home for a measly five weeks when he got orders for his next deployment. That marked four deployments within...
When we heard about his upcoming deployment, it seemed far away. We felt like we had time.
We began planning. My most optimistic self hoped...
I remember as a kid when a friend of mine was sad I would ask her “Are you OK?” and maybe offer her a...
If we were having coffee, I would tell you this is one of those days where we should be drinking wine instead. You see,...
There are three little words that I’ve finally started to pay more attention to in my 40s. The truth is I’ve said them many...
Let me start off by saying, any spouse who supports his or her service member in any branch of service - I salute you...
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
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...
