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 Landline phones and calling cards seem so outdated that it’s...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...
... you know the rest of the lyrics. For those who are military spouses, this should be our mantra. Personally, I feel that this...
I was catching up with a girlfriend recently, and she was telling me about how tough it's been around the house with her husband's...
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...
We are stronger together than we are alone. It’s a nice idea, but having spent the past 30 plus years as a fiercely independent...
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...
I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I adore my hometown, and I love telling people where I'm from and how great The Good Land is....
Call me crazy, but I absolutely love PCSing! It is a great opportunity to purge all the junk in our house, find a new...
P.C.S. aka “Permanent Change of Station”: Isn’t it funny how something so simple—a single phrase, the arrangement of three seemingly harmless letters—can completely throw you...
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...
