It's that time of year again: beautiful formal gowns, perfectly manicured nails, and men in immaculate dress uniforms. Ball season only comes around once...
I just booked the last trip I will take with my current passport. While I am not normally a sentimental person, I am oddly...
It was hard to take fashion advice from someone who used to dress like a pirate on the regular, but there I was standing...
With warmer weather and blooming flowers comes the start of PCS season. A PCS, or permanent change of station, can be an eventful, exciting...
I am going to tell you ten good things about living at Naval Air Station Lemoore.
Just joking, I could only come up with five.
However,...
Military life can sometimes feel like a never-ending series of puddle jumps. Two years here, one year there—even less, sometimes. Making the effort to...
When we moved to California we started a bucket list, and one of things on it was visiting the Channel Islands National Park. The...
So you received orders to New Orleans. Show of hands, who knew there were military bases in New Orleans? OK, maybe it’s common knowledge...
OK – first of all, if you didn’t just read that title and then immediately sing a Boston song in your head, then who...
The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is located near Mons, Belgium (about 30 minutes south of Brussels) and is the military headquarters for...
“My daughter told me that the other girls don’t play with her, is that true?” I asked my kid’s kindergarten teacher this past October.
I...
I remember our first winter here in the Midwest. As a born and raised New Englander, I didn’t flinch. I knew it would be...
















