Tag: family

  Remember when marriage was a blissful and simple? When it was just the two of you spending the whole weekend together vegging out, going...

Recently, my neighbor passed away after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was only in her early forties and left behind a husband...

A few weeks ago, I was bracing for a busy day. My son woke up feeling sick and since I work from home, I...

As I’ve written before, I came to motherhood late in the game. My husband and I celebrated our eleventh anniversary a few months before...

Marriage and motherhood are no piece of cake. I try to stay on top of things around the house, and I try to keep...

  I’m a book nerd through and through. I have ALWAYS enjoyed nothing more than losing myself in a good story. In an effort to...

It always starts the same way. The phone calls and text messages. There has been an accident. A jet crash at our base. The last time it happened,...

When people think about traveling to or around Europe, they automatically think of major cities like London, Paris or Rome. If you’re planning to...

I've been a military spouse for five years, and in those five years I've come to realize that military life is a confusing roller...

We are moving this week. I am a pro at moving. We’ve done it enough. Staged house to sell. Separated stuff into piles. Cleaned out closets. Transferred utilities. We’re good...

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...

When military families first find out they’re going to be stationed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, they tend to be less than thrilled. They were...