“Kick the leaves, kick the leaves, kick the leaves!” I sing in a made-up cadence as I hold my 1-year-old’s hand and watch his...
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...
I figured my mother to be a huge crime-book enthusiast as I was coming of age. She used to incessantly say that her biggest...
The weather outside is still frightful, and, honestly, so is the state of my closet. I have a deep love of sweaters. Turtleneck, oversize,...
When someone says "winter vacation," I highly doubt the idea of going to Ireland is high on the priority list. However, our family of...
Let’s get real. We all get up every morning, get dressed in a hurry to drop the kids at school and/or head to work....
We found out that my wife was pregnant with our first child and that I had orders to Aviano Air Base in Italy at...
Most people probably could not tell you when Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is. Most people probably could not tell you anything about why suicide...
I'll be the first to admit it. I still love to play dress up. I promised myself after I weaned my second child that...
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...
