“Oh don’t say that word around Courtney,” my friend joked after hearing another mom share about her hectic life.
The mom laughed with confusion....
Did you know that June 21st is not only the Summer Solstice but also National Selfie Day?
What better way to use the longest day...
Do you have a day off scheduled into your week?
I didn't always. Once I became intentional about it, I don't know how I lived...
18 years into my career, my professional bio reads, “Louise Valentine is an award-winning wellness expert, best-selling author, competitive athlete, and a fierce military...
Because of COVID and disruptions to school, I've been worried about how my kids will cope going back to school full-time in the fall....
Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty...
It’s hard to believe that anyone might say the words “breastfeeding saved my life,” but in my case, it did.
It was always my dream,...
For over 30 years music and reverence has been a monumental event on the lawn of the nation's capitol every Memorial Day weekend. This...
The end of a very long, often chaotic, and definitely unprecedented school year is here.
You can honor your favorite teachers in many ways. It...
Time is a precarious thing, most especially for us as parents living a life in the military.
It either can’t pass quickly enough (deployments and Mondays...
Alcohol. Illicit drugs. Those were not my preferred vices. I preferred the socially acceptable one. The one that no one questioned. The one that...
Military families quickly become accustomed to living far away from their family members and loved ones. The distance is challenging in the best of...
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...
