I glanced around the park, looking for the group I was supposed to meet. Was the woman with the jogging stroller from Hike it...
I am not naturally a "cool mom." Which is mostly OK with me.
via GIPHY
But I’d like to think I’m getting a little cooler hanging...
“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...
“We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third.”
–Leslie Knope
I often say...
I did not grow up in a military family. We moved two blocks when I was six years old, and my parents still live...
Making friends is hard. Building meaningful relationships is harder. Sometimes it even feels impossible; but it's not.
We've all been the new person at some...
My mother and I were never close.
My older brother and I grew up in a turbulent household. We moved frequently and often woke to...
Have you ever had a friend announce she was moving and - within three weeks - she was gone? Have you ever had your...
Let me start off by saying, any spouse who supports his or her service member in any branch of service - I salute you...
These days, the first thing anyone asks me is, “Are you ready for the move?” We’re PCSing in six weeks. I should be deep...
The funny thing about a bruise: Sometimes you can't see a bruise, but you can feel it. Other times it's big and ugly and...
Military families make up less than 0.5 percent of the American population.
Though we have been at war since 9/11, few Americans have served in...
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...
