I never knew how important it was to be able to make where you live, a place that you love until we joined the...
The first time I heard of Fort Bliss, Texas, I wasn't entirely convinced that we weren't moving to Mexico. El Paso, Texas, bordering Juárez,...
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 brought my newborn son home in a snowstorm, or more accurately, just as the blizzard was starting, flakes falling thick and fast as...
Libraries, like so many other institutions, went through difficult times during the covid era. I was just beginning to feel like I was ready...
Springtime

Sakura Season

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Springtime is historically a time of rebirth and growth. No place is this more true than Japan. Spring brings Sakura, the beautiful cherry blossoms season....
I saw the sun today. It makes me feel like winter might just be coming to a close. I also feel like that just might be the...
Ask anyone in the Air Force, what the worst base is/where do you absolutely not want to get stationed. Nine times out of ten...
Twentynine Palms is one of those duty stations. The one some would prefer to skip, the one some can't wait to leave and the...
People visit Alaska for the midnight sun and come in the winter for the Northern Lights, but what about everyone who lives there and...
A few years ago, I traded a life in the wacky-weather zone of the Midwest for a life of stable sunshine in Central Florida....
black and white photos of people and places in Japan with a red banner that reads "Sayonara Japan" and MMC logo

Sayonara Japan

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We are leaving Japan, and it's bittersweet. I have loved this country. I have a child that only remembers this country. It is breathtaking and awe...

Military Lifestyle

The Invisible Load of Supporting Love, Duty and Ambition

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When Support Feels Like a Full-Time Job Bedtime is finally here, again. The house is quiet. But your mind is racing through a never-ending...

Normalized Overwhelm