I have recently become the Ombudsman at my husbands command, and this is my first time in this role. I really wish I would've...
I am no stranger to packing or unpacking a home.
When my husband and I were both active-duty and dual military, we moved numerous times...
“Why do we have to move again?” my 10 year-old asked, demanding an answer.
“Well, because the Army gave us orders to move to...
It formally began on a cold hard chair in an impersonal room, as so many of these lessons do. I’d had smaller assignments for...
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...
Military Lifestyle
When PCS Life Disconnects You from Yourself
There’s this feeling I always get right after, sometimes even during, a PCS where it feels like life disconnects me from myself. Like I’m...
