I just booked the last trip I will take with my current passport. While I am not normally a sentimental person, I am oddly...
It was my most difficult goodbye. We spent a month leaving jobs and schools; friends and people who had became family; favorite places and...
Imagine this: you are offered the chance to travel the world for 9 months. You can work remotely, thus providing an income during your...
If you have ever been stationed in Japan or had a spouse deployed out here, then you probably know about CoCo’s (Curry House CoCo...
Traveling takes on a whole other meaning when you have to do it with kids. I found myself in this exact predicament when my...
I was 18 years old the first time I moved away from home. And it changed me.
I learned how to live with another female.
As...
I grew up experiencing two different cultures. My mom is American and has English and German origins. My dad is originally Palestinian, but his...
A few months after my first daughter was born, I bought a baby carrier. She always wanted to be held, and it enabled me to...
“Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong.”
— W.R. Purche
I did have the best dog. His name was Astro,...
On December 6, 2018, my husband burst through our front door much earlier than I was expecting him. He had been on duty all...
My earliest memory of taking photos was when I was 15 years old. I borrowed my dad’s Sony Mavica he used for work. It...
My family and I enjoy holidays, but we love the Christmas season. The lights and decorations; the cheer and spirit; the food and family. Something...
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...
