To my many beautiful friends I have met along the way: You know who you are. We held tight to one another through a season. You...
We've all been there. It's PCS time, and we miss the things we left behind. We miss the familiarity of knowing where all our...
*UPDATED Sunday, 1/21, 6:00am CT * Like every government shutdown in the past, the biggest question for military families is, "How does this impact me?"...
Our house was hit hard this year. It started around Halloween and is still haunting us in the New Year. I don’t think we...
We all get them. Every year, there is some gift you get for Christmas that you have no idea what to do with. Or...
“Sign us up!” my kids commanded after receiving mail from YMCA’s Camp Carson. Normally, I’d be put off by such demands, but this is...
It’s a new year, and many of us are making new goals and resolutions for 2018. I’m a planner, and I love to make...
The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is located near Mons, Belgium (about 30 minutes south of Brussels) and is the military headquarters for...
This year will be our second year celebrating Christmas in Japan. Last year was not only our first year, but it also was just...
It’s that time of year again, friends; the Christmas shopping season is upon us. In every store we enter, expertly executed displays will entice us....
Both of our children were born during a tour that was supposed to last four years, and we were only a mere three hours...
Moving overseas to a military post/base is one thing, but moving overseas to a place that is not affiliated with the military in any...

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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...