I am guilty of obsessing over others’ responses to tragedy. By this, I mean, I take to the deep dark vortex of news websites,...
My daughter was born in 2016. The rhetoric of that year was particularly polarizing, outlandish, and oftentimes, outright sexist. I remember it as a...
Marriage can feel hard.
In the beginning, it isn’t. My opinion is that it shouldn’t be. It should be mostly rainbows and loving gazes and...
We left another house last month.
It was a good one. One of those houses where we felt at home quickly. We left diapers in...
My 7-year-old was reading a book about Jackie Robinson last night. Robinson was born in 1919, and in 1947, he became the first African...
You are a good mom.
Unfortunately, I don't think mothers are told that enough. Some people are lucky to have "words of affirmation are my love...
One of the most stressful decisions we make as parents is where to send our children to school. If you are a military family,...
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...
Nothing makes this mama's heart happier than sitting on my couch (or at my dining room table or even on my own bed) and...
My children are what we like to call “willful."
Sometimes, this comes across as a toddler decisively screaming for the Elmo fork. Other times, we...
Writing to your trainee while in basic training can serve as a lifeline, connecting recruits to their support systems during a time of intense...
Why does it have to be so hard for a military spouse to find a new job? That’s kind of a rhetorical question but...
Military Lifestyle
How Military Life Quietly Rewires the Nervous System
This big, beautiful military life doesn’t just shape where you live or how you plan your year; it shapes your nervous system. Over time,...
