I have tried to write this post at least a dozen times. I have started, stopped, started again. Each time I begin, another news...
How I wish kids came with a warning label or an instruction manual.
You know, something to the effect of:
doesn’t sleep through the night
...
“Oh don’t say that word around Courtney,” my friend joked after hearing another mom share about her hectic life.
The mom laughed with confusion....
My kids have gone to several different schools over the last few years. Their current elementary school allows the kids to climb UP the slides...
How often have you run into a grocery store or convenience store late at night, searching for a quick snack, the team snacks you...
I was on my first deployment to the Middle East, and I knew that I wasn't going to return as the same person that...
Time is a precarious thing, most especially for us as parents living a life in the military.
It either can’t pass quickly enough (deployments and Mondays...
Alcohol. Illicit drugs. Those were not my preferred vices. I preferred the socially acceptable one. The one that no one questioned. The one that...
If you have ever lived or been stationed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, you know "the mountain." It is Mount Rainier, the snowy...
Are you worried about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine?
With all states on board to approve anyone 16+ by May 1st, people are talking about it:...
This week, my youngest child had a cough that started out benign but developed into a hacking cough that woke him up, gasping for...
Are you a twin? I remember feeling envious of twins growing up. I felt like they had an almost supernatural connection, and I thought...
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...
