Here is a little story. We had just moved overseas and were welcomed by the most incredible group of people. I was so excited!...
  I never buy anything at full retail price. Seriously, never. Why? Well, it’s a habit I developed in part due to my upbringing, but...
I met one of my new neighbors while out for a walk one morning. Well into her nineties, she was out working in her...
I've been with my husband for 16 years now. This spans his entire Air Force career, plus a year. In that time I've seen...
Marriage can be challenging, especially after having kids or while living the military lifestyle. While some couples are fortunate enough to have friends and family...
Today, my best friend came to me with all kinds of wonderful ideas about helping out in our community and things my family could...
  So, there I was, driving through backwoods Oklahoma on my way home from singing at a veteran's dinner, my two babes snoozing soundly in...
My husband was in Afghanistan when we found out we had the opportunity to be stationed in Israel together. Instead of reporting at a...
I love my Crock-Pot. Next to the microwave, I think it's one of the greatest advances of our modern era. The Crock-Pot is every...
My husband and I joke that when we got married, I owned four of our kids and he owned one, now together we own...
Our exchange started out innocently enough. The nanny was asking about a tiny detail in our baby’s morning routine; my husband had given her...
    There has been a lot of talk about "Fake News" lately.  But I can attest to the fact that the Internet has been lying...

Military Lifestyle

Normalized Overwhelm

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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...