How long have you been a part of the military? This doesn’t have to be as active duty. You also can be “just” the...
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...
I’ve been a slave to beauty regimens since my teen years, back when I was trying every product possible to transform my hormone-fueled skin,...
Ladies, I have done this pregnancy thing a few times now and while I was never an unhealthy pregnant person per se, this pregnancy...
Five years ago, we adopted a little girl from China. The journey has been filled with joys, surprises, and struggles we could have never...
We all know that traveling isn't easy. Especially traveling with children. Road trips are one thing, but when you have to pack your gear...
There are things in life to look forward to with eager anticipation; a deployment is not one of them.
For us, the dreaded deployment is underway and...
I read one time that in an effort to minimize stress and anxiety, you should only have one major life event in a year....
One of the challenges of being a military spouse is that you are unlikely to live near your (or your spouse's) family. That means...
It’s easy, a little too easy, to get bogged down with the day-to-day aspects of life and fall into a rut. Sometimes just getting...
I vividly remember the day we got our orders for Oklahoma City. My husband just finished preliminary training and getting our selection that day...
From where you sit, the afternoon light beams in, pleasantly illuminating the flowers on your dining room table. Then your gaze drifts down to...
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...
