Motherhood is one big learning curve. Every day – no, every hour – there is a new lesson to be learned. I am eight...
I've been secretly watching my preteen a little closer lately- not because she's bad. In fact, quite the opposite. She is young, impressionable, and...
It's that time of year again. We know it well. It starts around mid-May and goes through late summer. Permanent Change of Station (PCS)...
"Because getting there is half the fun. You know that." -- Clark W. Griswold (National Lampoon's Vacation)
Sometimes I feel like this quote from one...
Won any awards lately? Any big promotions on the horizon? Eh, me either girl, you’re in good company here. It turns out we're not...
Dear Husband,
It's been a long three years. In these three years we've had two babies, bought one house, and you've deployed at least 30...
I am currently pregnant with our second child. We have yet to find out the sex of the baby, but we are really 50/50...
It’s time for the kids to bounce off the walls, slide on the floor, and hang off the ceiling, but they can’t jump on...
Thanks to our three daughters, my husband and I feel like we live in a pink world: a world filled with the musings of...
When I was a little girl, I used to call the American flag the "Pledge-a-llegiance." My grandfather and I would spend countless road trips...
We live near a large Army base in South Carolina. When we first moved here almost three years ago, we were excited at the...
By some miracle, the house is quiet. My daughter sleeps hard as the shades in her windows block out the afternoon sun. In the...
Military Lifestyle
When PCS Life Disconnects You from Yourself
There’s this feeling I always get right after, sometimes even during, a PCS where it feels like life disconnects me from myself. Like I’m...
