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...

Ode to an Uptight Mom

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From where you sit, the afternoon light beams in, pleasantly illuminating the flowers on your dining room table. Then your gaze drifts down to...
Cockroaches.  The word is enough to get my anxiety pulsing; to set my heart racing; and to make me break out in a sweat.  I would...
We all know that having a baby is completely life altering. Those first few months are tough. They are exhausting. You don’t have good...
I love my husband. My kids love my husband, too. My favorite times are when we are all at home together talking over dinner,...
Yes, that is the unofficial slogan for this West Texas town, population 115,930.  By the time we finally move this summer, we will have lived...
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Stop Feeling Guilty for Desiring More

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Releasing Guilt and Reclaiming Your Own Desire One thing I learned quickly when I became a military spouse was that I had absolutely no business...