Lingering moving boxes remain tucked away in our basement, filled with donations or items to sell. My son’s artwork covers the fridge, proud trophies...
Before my dad passed, he told me his mother had been what he called a “dollar-a-year-girl.” She worked for the United States government in...
"Thank you so much,'' I said tearfully, as I handed Maria a tip. By the big emotions flowing through my body, you would have thought...
77 days.
This was the number of days that we couldn’t drink the water in our home, and the crisis has not ended for many.
If...
I love history. I always have. So when I went to visit my dad and stepmother's markers at Barrancas National Cemetery last December and...
You know that slow smolder? When the last embers just barely eek out a visible glow between the ash? The moment between warmth and...
Chances are if you are reading this, you have at least one friend who is a military spouse, or on the flip side of...
I feel as root bound and hemmed in as a plant that has been in its pot for too long. Restless, edgy, stuck...I am...
There are three major logistical actions for military families:
a PCS (where we move from one duty station to another)
a change of...
Ah, do you hear the birds chirping and the magical sound of the school bus in the neighborhood? At last, after a PCS move,...
Like many people, I enjoy the movie-watching experience. It’s always a pleasant surprise when I watch a movie that far exceeds my expectations. Released...
Sometimes during life as a military spouse, one will hear statements like, “You knew what you signed up for when you marry a military service...
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...
