In honor of Mother's Day, we interviewed a military mom from each of the past eight decades. We enjoyed hearing what has changed and...
I caught a glimpse of you from the corner of my eye. You were smiling from ear to ear. He had an even bigger...
It always starts the same way. The phone calls and text messages. There has been an accident. A jet crash at our base. The last time it happened,...
I admit - I judge a book by its cover. I know, all our parents and grandparents have advised us against this (and we...
This month on the blog – in conjunction with Britax – we are thrilled to share a series of posts on child safety in...
While there are many challenges associated with being a military family, one of the most difficult is coping with stress when the active duty...
I am a mom who loves information about children. Years before I was a mom, I was consuming information about parenting. I spent hours...
Last spring, I cut back my Russian sage plants to practically nothing. I read and followed the online advice for pruning the plant, but...
My husband was on flight duty when I received the 2:00 a.m. phone call. We were stationed at the infamous Ft. Drum in Upstate...
I don't have the licensing rights to share a picture of Mel Gibson in Braveheart, nor do I have the dedication to paint my...
I've been a military spouse for five years, and in those five years I've come to realize that military life is a confusing roller...
Tim had a deployment when Jacob, our oldest, had just turned two. It was hard to know how to talk about it with him then—he...

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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...