Let’s talk about rank.
When I was a brand new baby mil spouse, I went to a class called Heart Link. It’s an Air Force...
Prior to taking my kids to Disney World this past year, I hadn’t been in over 20 years. While I will admit that I...
Moving away from your tribe is arguably the hardest part of a military permanent change of station (PCS). You spend between two and five...
I have started and deleted this post many times. I am at a loss for words, which is weird for me because when I'm...
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 Landline phones and calling cards seem so outdated that it’s...
Unless you've been living under a rock (pun totally intended), you've probably heard about or seen The Kindness Rocks Project (or one of its MANY...
We've all been there. It is two months into the most recent deployment, and you realize that you haven't sent one care package to...
I don’t like asking for help because I don’t like bothering people. I tend to assume there are worse things in the world than...
In terms of military assignments, I’ve been pretty fortunate. Even for some locations with mixed reviews, I have always found something positive about my...
I love bath time with my son. He's three months old and thinks I'm awesome. Every splash is hilarious, and every silly face I...
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...
Every few years the military sweeps us from coast to coast and sometimes even OCONUS (Outside Continental United States). For a woman who grew...
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...
