I love football ...
Not in the rumble, tumble tomboy kind of way -- although I've always wished I was 'that girl.' I deeply want...
When my daughter began struggling with a season of Permanent Changes of Station (PCS) that resulted in a handful of family and friends leaving...
Recently, a friend asked me to come over and help her babysit. She'd agreed to babysit another friend's two children. I immediately said yes with absolutely...
With the help of books upon blogs upon podcasts upon numerous conversations, I tried to learn and soak up every last piece of advice...
Moving away from your tribe is arguably the hardest part of a military permanent change of station (PCS). You spend between two and five...
Snail Mail Still Matters
I am entrenched in our on-demand, instant gratification world of communication. Landline phones and calling cards seem so outdated that it’s...
"You're really hard on her," my friend told me. I knew it was true, and I knew it was awful.
This was almost four...
I have three kids, and when they were babies and toddlers, it was so easy to find “friends” for them, i.e., I found friends...
Did you know there are apps to make mom-friends? Instead of going on dates to find a compatible partner, you are mom speed dating...
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...
