It’s easy, a little too easy, to get bogged down with the day-to-day aspects of life and fall into a rut. Sometimes just getting...
It was all about the title for our March book club selection, A Stranger in the House, by Shari Lapena. A little intrigue, a...
Cockroaches.
The word is enough to get my anxiety pulsing; to set my heart racing; and to make me break out in a sweat.
I would...
We all know that having a baby is completely life altering. Those first few months are tough. They are exhausting. You don’t have good...
The other day my daughter came into our room to wake me up for the day and greeted me by saying, "Mommy, you forgot...
Let me just say, I have never been one for New Year’s resolutions. I am the person who gets annoyed by all the new...
Like many military spouses, my husband traveled frequently when our first daughter was born.
Often when he would come home, our daughter would treat him like a...
We’ve been at our new duty station for a little over seven months now, so we have passed the “adjustment period” of a typical...
Recent revelations about sexual misconduct in Hollywood have breathed new life into the #MeToo movement. The hashtag is circulating all over social media to...
Have you felt it before? It’s that sinking feeling of annoyance and “why not me” when you see “#blessed” in a friend’s picture from...
Tragedy, neglect, addiction, manipulation - all these words can describe "The Con Man's Daughter" by Candice Curry. Yet, this memoir is so much more...
OK – first of all, if you didn’t just read that title and then immediately sing a Boston song in your head, then who...
Military Lifestyle
What if 20 Years Isn’t the End?
8 states and 11 moves is what we have accomplished so far since my husband enlisted in the Coast Guard 20 years ago, with...
